Table 4.

Interscale Correlations between CARE Domains and HRQOL Measures

CARE Component	Criterion Measures
Preoperative
	SF-12 Mental	SF-12 Physical	Symptom Distress Scale	Post-discharge Recovery Scale	Satisfaction
Composite	0.47	0.60	-0.79	0.64	0.71
Pain	0.43	0.65	-0.76	0.70	0.74
Gastrointestinal	0.53	0.45	-0.80	0.55	0.58
Cognition	0.65	0.38	-0.71	0.46	0.68
Activity	0.09	0.53	-0.38	0.44	0.34

Postoperative Week 1
	SF-12 Mental	SF-12 Physical	Symptom Distress Scale	Post-discharge Recovery Scale	Satisfaction
Composite	-	-	-	0.70	0.79
Pain	-	-	-	0.48	0.50
Gastrointestinal	-	-	-	0.51	0.59
Cognition	-	-	-	0.37	0.60
Activity	-	-	-	0.63	0.47

Postoperative Week 2
	SF-12 Mental	SF-12 Physical	Symptom Distress Scale	Post-discharge Recovery Scale	Satisfaction
Composite	-	-	-0.79	0.79	0.77
Pain	-	-	-0.66	0.60	0.60
Gastrointestinal	-	-	-0.67	0.58	0.65
Cognition	-	-	-0.68	0.46	0.60
Activity	-	-	-0.37	0.56	0.44

Postoperative Week 4
	SF-12 Mental	SF-12 Physical	Symptom Distress Scale	Post-discharge Recovery Scale	Satisfaction
Composite	0.49	0.72	-	0.71	0.80
Pain	0.42	0.62	-	0.58	0.69
Gastrointestinal	0.36	0.44	-	0.46	0.59
Cognition	0.67	0.29	-	0.43	0.74
Activity	0.10	0.73	-	0.67	0.45

Postoperative Week 6
	SF-12 Mental	SF-12 Physical	Symptom Distress Scale	Post-discharge Recovery Scale	Satisfaction
Composite	-	-	-0.88	0.82	0.81
Pain	-	-	-0.80	0.72	0.71
Gastrointestinal	-	-	-0.77	0.70	0.66
Cognition	-	-	-0.83	0.66	0.49
Activity	-	-	-0.45	0.53	0.49

Postoperative Week 12
	SF-12 Mental	SF-12 Physical	Symptom Distress Scale	Post-discharge Recovery Scale	Satisfaction
Composite	0.63	0.70	-	0.71	0.69
Pain	0.62	0.62	-	0.66	0.70
Gastrointestinal	0.58	0.54	-	0.57	0.59
Cognition	0.56	0.49	-	0.55	0.60
Activity	0.42	0.68	-	0.63	0.49