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Table 2. Correlation Between the Dialysis Symptom Indexand SF-36 for Divergent Validity.

Variable	Physical Symptom	Psychological Symptom	Total Dialysis Symptom Index
Physical function	- 0.30 ^a	- 0.18 ^b	- 0.26 ^b
Role physical	- 0.37 ^a	- 0.41 ^a	- 0.41 ^a
Bodily pain	- 0.26 ^a	- 0.32 ^a	- 0.30 ^a
General health	- 0.24 ^b	- 0.28 ^a	- 0.27 ^a
Vitality	- 0.28 ^a	- 0.41 ^a	- 0.35 ^a
Social function	- 0.24 ^a	- 0.30 ^a	- 0.28 ^a
Role emotional	- 0.31 ^a	- 0.39 ^a	- 0.35 ^a
Mental health	- 0.28 ^a	- 0.45 ^a	- 0.35 ^a
Physical components	- 0.41 ^a	- 0.38 ^a	- 0.44 ^a
Mental components	- 0.35 ^a	- 0.48 ^a	- 0.41 ^a

^aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level.

^bCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level.