Table 3.
Pearson's correlation test between the demographic values and the SF-36 variables
|
SF-36 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | PF | RP | BP | GH | VT | SF | RE | MH | PCS | MCS |
|
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| r |
-.340* |
.122 |
-.084 |
.067 |
.014 |
-.084 |
-.187 |
-.016 |
-.042 |
-.059 |
| p |
.004 |
.308 |
.482 |
.577 |
.904 |
.484 |
.115 |
.897 |
.726 |
.625 |
|
Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| r |
.241* |
.019 |
.067 |
.063 |
.263* |
.022 |
.106 |
.187 |
.072 |
.138 |
| p |
.041 |
.873 |
.577 |
.600 |
.026 |
.856 |
.377 |
.115 |
.546 |
.249 |
|
Number of children |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| r |
-.186 |
-.012 |
-.072 |
-.009 |
-.282* |
-.089 |
-.242* |
-.034 |
-.044 |
-.168 |
| p |
.132 |
.922 |
.563 |
.941 |
.021 |
.473 |
.049 |
.786 |
.726 |
.174 |
|
Duration of care-giving |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| r |
-.290* |
.062 |
-.154 |
.015 |
-.037 |
-.066 |
-.164 |
-.096 |
-.075 |
-.092 |
| p | .014 | .605 | .197 | .899 | .755 | .579 | .169 | .422 | .534 | .443 |
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).