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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Mar;65(3):391–397. doi: 10.1002/acr.21801

Table 3. Pearson’s correlation coefficients for child- and parent/proxy-reported PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Scale total scores, disease activity, and pain.

Variable Parent/proxy-reported fatigue Child-reported fatigue
Active joint count −0.23 −0.12
No. of joints with loss of range of motion −0.31 −0.29
Physician assessment of disease activity* −0.25 −0.14
Parent/proxy-reported assessment of arthritis activity* −0.5 −0.38
Child-reported assessment of arthritis activity* −0.57 −0.48
Parent/proxy-reported assessment of pain* −0.64 −0.37
Child-reported pain* −0.57 −0.55
Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire −0.39 −0.36
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate −0.16 −0.07
Duration of morning stiffness 0 0.06
*

Measured on a 10-point numerical rating scale, where 10 = the most severe level of the variable.