Table 4.
Significant correlations between Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS), Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia Questionnaire (QOLRAD) and 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) domains (Pearson's product moment correlation ≥ 3).
| Questionnaire and domain | SF-36 domain and correlation coefficient | |||||
| Afrikaans* | German | Hungarian | Italian | Polish | Spanish | |
| GSRS | ||||||
| Reflux | -- | GH (0.32), PF (0.30) | BP (0.35), GH (0.41), MH (0.38), PF (0.46), RP (0.30), SF (0.34), V (0.39) | -- | -- | BP (0.35) |
| Abdominal pain | BP (0.45), PF (0.33) | BP (0.40), MH (0.45), PF (0.34), RE (0.36), RP (0.43), SF (0.31), V (0.40) | BP (0.54), GH (0.32), MH (0.45), PF (0.43), RE (0.30), RP (0.46), SF (0.50), V (0.52) | BP (0.43), MH (0.36), RE (0.36), SF (0.37) | BP (0.36), RP (0.35) | BP (0.37), MH (0.40), RE (0.34), SF (0.35), V (0.34) |
| Indigestion | BP (0.39), PF (0.34) | GH (0.35), RE (0.31), V (0.30) | BP (0.53), GH (0.35), MH (0.42), PF (0.43), RE (0.30), RP (0.42), SF (0.47), V (0.44) | MH (0.30), RE (0.31), SF (0.33), | -- | BP (0.39), GH (0.32), MH (0.32), V (0.31) |
| Diarrhoea | -- | GH (0.37), MH (0.35), PF (0.31), RE (0.30), SF (0.43) | GH (0.31), SF (0.37) | PF (0.30) | -- | GH (0.31), MH (0.37), SF (0.30) |
| Constipation | BP (0.34) | SF (0.35) | BP (0.40), GH (0.41), MH (0.34), PF (0.46), RP (0.38), SF (0.40), V (0.33) | PF (0.39) | -- | BP (0.30) |
| QOLRAD | ||||||
| Emotional distress | BP (0.50), MH (0.35), RE (0.35), RP (0.43), SF (0.36), V (0.39) | BP (0.41), GH (0.40), MH (0.68), PF (0.48), RE (0.42), RP (0.60), SF (0.61), V (0.60) | BP (0.68), GH (0.59), MH (0.65), PF (0.52), RE (0.47), RP (0.55), SF (0.58), V (0.68) | BP (0.45), GH (0.49), MH (0.59), PF (0.36), RE (0.49), RP (0.47), SF (0.56), V (0.56) | BP (0.42), GH (0.36), MH (0.47), PF (0.34), RE (0.30), RP (0.37), SF (0.49), V (0.44) | BP (0.47), GH (0.43), MH (0.55), PF (0.33), RE (0.39), RP (0.42), SF (0.51), V (0.44) |
| Sleep disturbance | BP (0.39), GH (0.31), MH (0.35), RE (0.31), RP (0.41), SF (0.38), V (0.49) | BP (0.43), GH (0.30), MH (0.44), PF (0.48), RE (0.42), RP (0.60), SF (0.61), V (0.60) | BP (0.63), GH (0.56), MH (0.51), PF (0.64), RE (0.51), RP (0.64), SF (0.49), V (0.59) | BP (0.46), GH (0.48), MH (0.46), PF (0.37), RE (0.47), RP (0.43), SF (0.51), V (0.50) | BP (0.43), MH (0.33), PF (0.32), RE (0.30), RP (0.41), SF (0.38), V (0.36) | BP (0.39), GH (0.34), MH (0.50), PF (0.37), RE (0.33), RP (0.44), SF (0.44), V (0.47) |
| Food/drink problems | BP (0.32), GH (0.31), V (0.41) | BP (0.46), GH (0.31), MH (0.50), PF (0.50), RE (0.42), RP (0.60), SF (0.45), V (0.48) | BP (0.62), GH (0.40), MH (0.44), PF (0.49), RE (0.43), RP (0.58), SF (0.49), V (0.49) | BP (0.59), GH (0.50), MH (0.46), RE (0.45), RP (0.46), SF (0.52), V (0.51) | BP (0.40), GH (0.31), MH (0.37), PF (0.33), RE (0.33), RP (0.40), SF (0.41), V (0.32) | BP (0.38), MH (0.37), RE (0.37), RP (0.35), SF (0.39), V (0.33) |
| Physical/social functioning | BP (0.44), MH (0.39), PF (0.32), RE (0.44), RP (0.47), SF (0.48), V (0.39) | BP (0.49), GH (0.38), MH (0.56), PF (0.62), RE (0.43), RP (0.69), SF (0.64), V (0.52) | BP (0.76), GH (0.52), MH (0.61), PF (0.66), RE (0.54), RP (0.73), SF (0.69), V (0.68) | BP (0.58), GH (0.49), MH (0.51), PF (0.45), RE (0.56), RP (0.60), SF (0.69), V (0.56) | BP (0.45), GH (0.46), MH (0.50), PF (0.46), RE (0.40), RP (0.53), SF (0.55), V (0.42) | BP (0.46), GH (0.45), MH (0.48), PF (0.49), RE (0.35), RP (0.55), SF (0.61), V (0.46) |
| Vitality | BP (0.46), MH (0.32), RE (0.31), RP (0.35), SF (0.34), V (0.36) | BP (0.50), GH (0.31), MH (0.59), PF (0.46), RE (0.47), RP (0.66), SF (0.49), V (0.63) | BP (0.72), GH (0.55), MH (0.63), PF (0.60), RE (0.51), RP (0.65), SF (0.60), V (0.71) | BP (0.54), GH (0.47), MH (0.50), PF (0.33), RE (0.52), RP (0.49), SF (0.53), V (0.59) | BP (0.41), GH (0.35), MH (0.44), PF (0.27), RE (0.26), RP (0.40), SF (0.50), V (0.44) | BP (0.43), GH (0.39), MH (0.52), PF (0.36), RE (0.38), RP (0.44), SF (0.51) |
BP, Bodily pain; GH, General Health; MH, Mental Health; PF, Physical functioning; RE, Role – Emotional; RP, Role – Physical; SF, Social Functioning; V, Vitality