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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Feb 16;111(4):493–499. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2016.20

Table 2.

Construct validity correlational measures of the NEQOL

NEQOL score P
CDC healthy days
 General health rating 0.51 0.000
 Days poor physical health 0.60 0.000
 Days poor mental health 0.47 0.000
 Days limitation due to health 0.50 0.000
Impact of illness scale 0.76 0.000
PROMIS—anxiety 0.54 0.000
PROMIS—depression 0.53 0.000
Illness severity −0.39 0.000
Symptom control past month 0.54 0.000
Treatment effectiveness past month 0.54 0.000
Treatment satisfaction 0.60 0.000
MD–patient relationship quality 0.32 0.000

CDC, Centers for Disease Control; NEQOL, Northwestern Esophageal Quality of Life; PROMIS, Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System.