Table 4.

Correlation Coefficients Between the SF-36 and WHOQoL-BREF Domains

		PF	RP	RE	VT	MH	SF	BP	GH	PH	PS	SR	EH
PF	CC	1	0.49	0.40	0.46	0.37	0.36	0.50	0.48	0.55	0.37	0.31	0.3
	Sig		<0.001	0.005	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
RP	CC		1	0.65	0.41	0.36	0.33	0.49	0.43	0.48	0.35	0.27	0.25
	Sig			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
RE	CC			1	0.45	0.43	0.37	0.41	0.39	0.45	0.40	0.31	0.30
	Sig				<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
VT	CC				1	0.74	0.48	0.55	0.68	0.66	0.59	0.41	0.43
	Sig					<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
MH	CC					1	0.52	0.48	0.56	0.57	0.60	0.41	0.42
	Sig						<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
SF	CC						1	0.50	0.40	0.49	0.44	0.32	0.30
	Sig							<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
BP	CC							1	0.58	0.62	0.43	0.29	0.28
	Sig								<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
GH	CC								1	0.67	0.51	0.34	0.36
	Sig									<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
PH	CC									1	0.70	0.49	0.56
	Sig										<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
PS	CC										1	0.53	0.67
	Sig											<0.001	<0.001
SR	CC											1	0.53
	Sig												<0.001
EH	CC												1
	Sig

Abbreviations: SF-36, Short Form 36 Health Survey; WHOQoL-BREF, World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Brief Version; PF, physical functioning; RP, role physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social functioning; RE, role emotional; MH, mental health. PH, physical health; PS, psychological well-being; SR, social relationships; EH, environment health; CC, correlation coefficients; Sig, significant. (2-tailed).