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. 2018 Dec 10;16:227. doi: 10.1186/s12955-018-1049-x

Table 2.

Spearman’s rho correlations between PUQOL-R and SF12 scales (convergent validity)

Scale (n items)	Physical function (2)	Role physical (2)	Bodily pain (1)	General health (1)	Vitality (1)	Social function (1)	Role emotional (2)	Mental health (2)
Pain (12)	0.072	0.109^a	0.320^a	0.220^a	0.168^a	0.046	0.201^a	0.261^a
Exudate (8)	0.005	0.112	0.036	0.046	0.237	0.183	0.229	0.279^b
Odour (6)	0.118	0.235	0.109	0.149	0.022	0.154	0.160	0.063
Sleep (7)	0.143^a	0.137^a	0.283^a	0.203^a	0.110^b	0.008	0.246^a	0.282^a
Movement & mobility (9)	0.151^a	0.133^a	0.350^a	0.214^a	0.171^a	0.036	0.299^a	0.300^a
Daily activities (6)	0.086	0.071	0.197^a	0.139^a	0.027	0.046	0.238^a	0.218^a
Malaise (5)	0.030	0.017	0.229^a	0.205^a	0.024	0.076	0.293^a	0.274^a
Emotional well-being (15)	0.034	0.037	0.227^a	0.179^a	0.012	0.030	0.323^a	0.275^a
Self-consciousness and appearance (7)	0.034	0.053	0.219^a	0.119^a	0.053	0.045	0.249^a	0.206^a
Itchiness (1)	0.006	0.080	0.130^a	0.071	0.033	0.030	0.100^b	0.100^b

^aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)

^bCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)