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. 2009 Jun 19;18(7):873–880. doi: 10.1007/s11136-009-9496-9

Table 3.

Correlations of global items with PROMIS domains and EQ-5D

Items Physical functioning Pain behavior Pain impact Fatigue Anxiety Anger Depressive symptoms Social discretionary Social roles EQ-5D
Global01 0.56 −0.49 −0.54 −0.56 −0.38 −0.26 −0.39 0.41 0.50 0.65
Global02 0.47 −0.45 −0.52 0.58 −0.47 −0.33 −0.52 0.52 0.56 0.62
Global03 0.55 −0.49 −0.54 −0.56 −0.38 −0.27 −0.39 0.43 0.51 0.65
Global04 0.32 −0.38 −0.43 −0.59 −0.58 −0.44 −0.62 0.49 0.52 0.53
Global05 0.34 −0.38 −0.43 −0.55 −0.50 −0.40 −0.58 0.56 0.53 0.51
Global06 0.73 −0.55 −0.63 −0.53 −0.34 −0.20 −0.32 0.41 0.53 0.76
Global07 0.52 −0.62 −0.69 −0.51 −0.36 −0.24 −0.33 0.35 0.41 0.77
Global08 0.48 −0.50 −0.55 −0.75 −0.48 −0.34 −0.48 0.47 0.54 0.64
Global09 0.54 −0.52 −0.59 −0.68 −0.49 −0.34 −0.52 0.56 0.64 0.67
Global10 0.26 −0.38 −0.42 −0.60 −0.65 −0.51 −0.68 0.47 0.49 0.51
GPH 0.71 −0.67 −0.75 −0.73 −0.48 −0.32 −0.47 0.52 0.62 0.82
GMH 0.41 −0.46 −0.53 −0.68 −0.65 −0.50 −0.71 0.60 0.62 0.61

Note All P values <.0001; Highest correlations with PROMIS domains in each row are in bold. Polyserial correlations are provided in the last column

Global01, In general, would you say your health is…; Global02, In general, would you say your quality of life is…; Global03, In general, how would you rate your physical health?; Global04, In general, how would you rate your mental health?; Global05, In general, how would you rate your satisfaction with social activities and relationships?; Global06, To what extent are you able to carry out your everyday physical activities; Global07, How would you rate your pain on average?; Global08, How would you rate your fatigue on average?; Global09, In general, please rate how well you carry out your usual social activities and roles; Global10, How often have you been bothered by emotional problems?; GPH, Global physical health scale; GMH, Global mental health scale