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. 2016 Oct 20;2:16022. doi: 10.1038/npjparkd.2016.22

Table 3. Convergent validity and internal validity of EC-PC.

  EC-PC
  Domain 1. Acceptance Domain 2. Coping Domain 3. Self-management Domain 4. Integration Domain 5. Adjustment Total score
Convergent validity
 Hoehn and Yahr staging −0.17 −0.05 −0.02 −0.13 −0.02 −0.09
 CISI-PD −0.25 −0.07 −0.03 −0.14 −0.15 −0.16
 SCOPA-Motor −0.27 −0.01 0.07 −0.03 −0.14 −0.08
 Non-Motor Symptoms Scale −0.36 −0.23 −0.18 −0.24 −0.19 −0.32
 SCOPA-Psychosocial −0.40 −0.09 −0.08 −0.23 −0.24 −0.25
 DUFSS 0.12 0.61 0.57 0.57 0.36 0.61
 Satisfaction—With Life as a whole 0.43 0.29 0.28 0.33 0.48 0.46
 With physical health 0.32 0.15 0.15 0.26 0.27 0.28
 With psychological well-being 0.40 0.22 0.21 0.26 0.34 0.35
 With social relations 0.41 0.24 0.23 0.30 0.34 0.38
 With leisure 0.40 0.29 0.26 0.36 0.41 0.43
 With financial situation 0.38 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.24 0.18
             
Internal validity
 Domain 2. Coping −0.00
 Domain 3. Self-management 0.01 0.78
 Domain 4. Integration −0.04 0.71 0.73
 Domain 5. Adjustment 0.23 0.54 0.47 0.46

Abbreviations: CISI-PD, Clinical Impression of Severity Index-PD; DUFSS, Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire; EC-PC, Living with Chronic illness-PD Scale; SCOPA-Motor, The Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease-Motor; SCOPA-Psychosocial, Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease-Psychosocial.