Table 4.

Spearman’s correlation coefficient “ρ” between subscales of quality of life in Parkinson’s disease instrument, Parkinson’s disease questionnaire-39, and short form-36

	qADL	qMobility	qPsycho	qfear	qsocial	qfamily	qtreat	qfinance	qNMS	qtotal	qglobal
qADL	1
qMobility	0.71	1
qPsycho	0.46	0.43	1
qfear	0.34	0.35	0.57	1
qsocial	0.50	0.47	0.49	0.64	1
qfamily	0.60	0.53	0.54	0.50	0.56	1
qtreat	0.33	0.30	0.32	0.40	0.34	0.32	1
qfinance	0.28	0.25	0.32	0.42	0.37	0.43	0.30	1
qNMS	0.66	0.56	0.49	0.41	0.47	0.57	0.28	0.40	1
qtotal	0.78	0.72	0.70	0.69	0.73	0.77	0.50	0.56	0.83	1
qglobal	−0.51	−0.48	−0.40	−0.46	−0.43	−0.54	−0.40	−0.50	−0.51	−0.65	1
pmob	0.72	0.65	0.48	0.45	0.51	0.64	0.34	0.32	0.68	0.76	−0.64
pADL	0.71	0.50	0.42	0.29	0.40	0.60	0.17	0.24	0.58	0.64	−0.52
pEmotion	0.57	0.52	0.75	0.63	0.59	0.63	0.37	0.41	0.61	0.78	−0.56
pstigma	0.29	0.26	0.43	0.56	0.65	0.45	0.28	0.35	0.24	0.49	−0.37
psocial	0.28	0.19	0.38	0.43	0.41	0.43	0.17	0.35	0.29	0.43	−0.27
pcog	0.51	0.47	0.41	0.44	0.49	0.50	0.30	0.36	0.65	0.66	−0.48
pcomm	0.59	0.51	0.39	0.39	0.53	0.48	0.25	0.22	0.57	0.62	−0.44
pboddis	0.33	0.26	0.45	0.41	0.32	0.42	0.37	0.31	0.49	0.54	−0.40
PF	−0.50	−0.53	−0.27	−0.16	−0.22	−0.31	−0.34	−0.11	−0.42	−0.48	0.41
RP	−0.38	−0.40	−0.35	−0.31	−0.20	−0.37	−0.25	−0.20	−0.46	−0.49	0.30
BP	−0.50	−0.45	−0.39	−0.42	−0.47	−0.51	−0.31	−0.27	−0.52	−0.64	0.33
GH	−0.32	−0.25	−0.41	−0.38	−0.34	−0.33	−0.27	−0.23	−0.44	−0.47	0.40
VT	−0.46	−0.41	−0.50	−0.37	−0.43	−0.40	−0.41	−0.37	−0.44	−0.59	0.51
SF	−0.57	−0.57	−0.51	−0.40	−0.53	−0.62	−0.38	−0.33	−0.49	−0.69	0.41
RE	−0.33	−0.37	−0.36	−0.3	−0.23	−0.34	−0.24	−0.35	−0.42	−0.48	0.32
MH	−0.36	−0.36	−0.68	−0.55	−0.46	−0.43	−0.27	−0.33	−0.5	−0.63	0.33
PCS	−0.51	−0.49	−0.24	−0.24	−0.28	−0.40	−0.35	−0.13	−0.49	−0.54	0.41
MCS	−0.41	−0.42	−0.65	−0.52	−0.46	−0.51	−0.32	−0.44	−0.54	−0.67	0.41

Prefix “q” has been used for subscales of QLPD. qADL=Activities of daily living, qMobility=Mobility, qPsycho=Psychological, qfear=Fear, qsocial=Social, qfamily=Family, qtreat=Treatment, qfinance=Finance, qNMS=Nonmotor symptoms, qtotal=Summary score, qglobal=Global quality of life rating by the patient. Prefix ‘p’ has been used for subscales of 39-item PDQ-39. pmob=Mobility, pADL=ADL, pEmotion=Emotional, pstigma=Stigma, psocial=Social, pcog=Cognition, pcomm=Communication, pboddis=Bodily discomfort, SF 36=36 item short form scale, PF=Physical function, RP=Role physical, BP=Body pain, GH=General health, VT=Vitality, SF=Social function, RE=Role emotion, MH=Mental health, PCS=Physical component summary, MCS=Mental component summary, QLPD=Quality of life in Parkinson’s disease, PDQ-39=39-item Parkinson’s disease questionnaire