Table 3.

Criterion validity of the Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale-Short Form by Pearson’s correlation coefficients with SF-36 and EQ-5D overall and subscale scores.

Domains.	DFS-SF Subscales
	Leisure	Physical Health	Dependence/Daily Life	Worried about Ulcers/Feet	Negative Emotions	Bothered by Ulcer Care
SF-36 subscales
Physical functioning	0.052	0.473 **	0.737 **	0.220 *	0.398 **	0.370 **
Role physical	0.135	0.413 **	0.558 **	0.258 *	0.445 **	0.376 **
Bodily pain	0.116	0.438 **	0.403 **	0.224 *	0.395 **	0.277 *
General health	0.057	0.165	0.139	0.183 *	0.350 **	0.198 *
Vitality	0.126	0.327 **	0.418 **	0.245 *	0.383 **	0.345 **
Social functioning	0.358 **	0.401 **	0.453 **	0.321 **	0.526 **	0.336 **
Role emotional	0.140	0.271 **	0.221 *	0.187 *	0.365 **	0.288 *
Mental health	0.079	0.204 *	0.174 *	0.256 *	0.484 **	0.199 *
Overall physical component 1	0.082	0.482 **	0.674 **	0.229 *	0.394 **	0.368 **
Overall mental component 2	0.178 *	0.195 *	0.110	0.248 *	0.449 **	0.235 *
EQ-5D subscales
VAS	0.062	0.166 *	0.223 *	0.240 *	0.306 **	0.183 *
EQ-5D index value	0.039	0.445 **	0.454 **	0.204 *	0.324 **	0.184 *

^1,2 Calculated according to the SF-36 subscales involved physical and mental roles. VAS, visual analog scale. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.001.