Table 5.

Correlation of domain scores of PQOLI with SF-36 and EQ-5D

	Domain I Correlation (rs)a Significance	Domain II Correlation (rs)a Significance	Domain III Correlation (rs)a Significance	Domain IV Correlation (rs)a Significance
General Health	0.352 p < 0.001b	0.249 p < 0.001b	0.195 p < 0.001b	0.296 p < 0.001b
Physical function	0.792 p < 0.001b	0.416 p < 0.001b	0.476 p < 0.001b	0.667 p < 0.001b
Pain	0.761 p < 0.001b	0.405 p < 0.001b	0.485 p < 0.001b	0.612 p < 0.001b
RL- physical	0.581 p < 0.001b	0.524 p < 0.001b	0.468 p < 0.001b	0.372 p < 0.001b
RL- emotional	0.502 p < 0.001b	0.343 p < 0.001b	0.481 p < 0.001b	0.382 p < 0.001b
Vitality	0.403 p < 0.001b	0.388 p < 0.001b	0.305 p < 0.001b	0.276 p < 0.001b
Social functioning	0.759 p < 0.001b	0.408 p < 0.001b	0.474 p < 0.001b	0.570 p < 0.001b
Mental Health	0.343 p < 0.001b	0.340 p < 0.001b	0.476 p < 0.001b	0.339 p < 0.001b
EQ-5D index	0.845 p < 0.001b	0.489 p < 0.001b	0.563 p < 0.001b	0.812 p < 0.001b
EQ-5D VAS	0.745 p < 0.001b	0.381 p < 0.001b	0.476 p < 0.001b	0.667 p < 0.001b

^aSpearman correlation-coefficient ^bsignificant association

RL-physical- Role-Limitations-physical

RL-Emotional- Role-Limitations-emotional

EQ-5D-Index- Index score of the Euro-QOL-5D tool

EQ-5D-VAS- Visual Analogue Scale score of Euro-QOL-5D tool