Table 3.
Correlation between social needs and HRQL components
| EQ-Mob | EQ-SC | EQ-UA | EQ-PD | EQ-AD | EQ-VAS | SAQ Phys | SAQ AS | SAQ AF | SAQ TS | SAQ QOL | PCS | MCS | |
| Social class | .18 | .08 | .09 | .24 | .05 | -.22 | -.13* | -.01 | -.06 | .01 | -.15* | -.11 | -.12 |
| Feel satisfied with your accommodation? | -.19 | -.05 | -.12 | -.06 | -.25 | .17 | .15 | .04 | .18 | .28 | .24 | .06 | .28 |
| Happy using this means of transport? | -.26 | -.16 | -.25 | -.23 | -.35 | .28 | .34 | .13* | .24 | .33 | .34 | .29 | .33 |
| How often go out socially? | -.17 | -.17 | -.20 | -.12* | -.20 | .17 | .24 | .15* | .15* | .02 | .13* | .19 | .25 |
| Any difficulty getting Health Centre? | -.39 | -.45 | -.43 | -.32 | -.41 | .44 | .48 | .24 | .26 | .15* | .32 | .50 | .38 |
| Concerning give up job because of health | -.16 | .30 | -.22* | -.33 | -.23* | .12 | .13 | .20 | .16 | .18 | .21* | .16 | .38 |
| Your helper is happy to continue? | -.10 | -.27 | -.19* | -.13 | -.39 | .21* | .36 | .21* | .29 | .31 | .37 | .22* | .44 |
| Looking after you causes problems for helper? | -.23 | -.38 | -.37 | -.15 | -.29 | .29 | .40 | .24 | .30 | .28 | .30 | .30 | .44 |
| Need help to get out and about? | -.28 | -.42 | -.33 | -.27 | -.25 | .31 | .39 | .08 | .14* | .27 | .28 | .39 | .26 |
| Need financial help? | -.30 | -.31 | -.32 | -.20 | .34 | .38 | .38 | .14* | .15* | .33 | .31 | .34 | .46 |
| Need seeing friends more? | -.29 | -.32 | -.31 | -.32 | -.40 | .37 | .44 | .06 | .17 | .28 | .31 | .41 | .42 |
| Need visiting from Social worker? | -.29 | -.33 | -.29 | -.26 | -.28 | .36 | .43 | .16* | .19 | .28 | .22 | .33 | .39 |
| Need better housing? | -.29 | -.21 | -.30 | -.22 | -.33 | .32 | .29 | .02 | .25 | .36 | .33 | .23 | .41 |
| Mean Social Needs score in HNA | -.44 | -.41 | -.48 | -.36 | -.54 | .50 | .55 | .19 | .32 | .37 | .45 | .49 | .63 |
* indicates P < 0.05 and boldface < 0.01