Table 5.
Correlations of hormone-related symptom scale scores with SF-36 summary scores and subscale scores
| SF-36 Summary Scales | SF-36 Physical Health Individual Scales | SF-36 Mental Health Individual Scales | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptom Scale |
Physical Component Summary |
Mental Component Summary |
Physical Functioning |
Role- Physical |
Bodily Pain |
General Health |
Vitality | Social Functioning |
Role- Emotional |
Mental Health |
| Vasomotor | −0.09* | −0.23*** | −0.03 | −0.10** | −0.19*** | −0.17*** | −0.25*** | −0.16*** | −0.13*** | −0.23*** |
| Urinary Incontinence |
−0.22*** | −0.18*** | −0.22*** | −0.21*** | −0.21*** | −0.22*** | −0.25*** | −0.17*** | −0.20*** | −0.20*** |
| Cognitive/ Mood |
−0.26*** | −0.51*** | −0.20*** | −0.35*** | −0.33*** | −0.40*** | −0.49*** | −0.44*** | −0.39*** | −0.52*** |
| Vaginal Symptoms |
−0.09** | −0.18*** | −0.06 | −0.09** | −0.14*** | −0.17*** | −0.20*** | −0.18*** | −0.10** | −0.18*** |
| Weight/ Appearance |
−0.11** | −0.30*** | −0.06 | −0.16*** | −0.20*** | −0.21*** | −0.32*** | −0.20*** | −0.18*** | −0.32*** |
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001
Note: n = 803; SF-36 subscales ranged from 0-100 with increasing scores indicating better functioning; SF-36 summary component scales have a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10; Hormone-related symptom scales were coded 0-4 with increasing scores indicating more severe symptoms.