Table 3.

Correlations between PCOQ symptom severity and hypothesized variables

	Standardized Symptom Severity a		Medical Comorbidities b		Functional Status c		Quality of Life d		Symptom Importance e
	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value
Urination problems	0.72	<0.001*	0.17	0.088	0.13	0.203	−0.35	<0.001*	0.59	<0.001*
Diarrhea	0.88	<0.001*	0.08	0.460	0.16	0.125	−0.11	0.302	0.57	0.001*
Constipation	0.89	<0.001*	0.20	0.054	0.31	0.002*	−0.25	0.012	0.73	<0.001*
Sexual dysfunction	0.66	<0.001*	0.17	0.092	0.12	0.257	−0.16	0.116	0.27	0.034
Fatigue	0.80	<0.001*	0.03	0.799	0.54	<0.001*	−0.50	<0.001*	0.56	<0.001*
Sleep problems	0.71	<0.001*	0.09	0.398	0.26	0.010	−0.36	<0.001*	0.60	<0.001*
Pain	0.81	<0.001*	0.24	0.018	0.53	<0.001*	−0.42	<0.001*	0.69	<0.001*
Nausea	0.64	<0.001*	0.25	0.012	0.30	0.003*	−0.30	0.003*	0.78	0.002*
Lack of appetite	0.83	<0.001*	0.26	0.008*	0.39	<0.001*	−0.23	0.022	0.48	0.023
Emotional distress	0.57, 0.55f	<0.001*	0.00	0.969	0.30	0.003*	−0.45	<0.001*	0.65	<0.001*

Pairwise correlations. PCOQ Patient-Centered Outcomes Questionnaire.

^*p<0.01.

^aMemorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS) measures were used for urination problems, diarrhea, constipation, sexual dysfunction, nausea, and lack of appetite, and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures were used for fatigue, sleep problems, pain, and emotional distress (i.e., anxiety and depression), ns = 96–99.

^bns = 97–99.

^cns = 97–99.

^dns = 97–99.

^ens = 97–99.

^fSeparate correlations were computed between PCOQ emotional distress and PROMIS anxiety and depression measures, rs = 0.57, 0.55, respectively.