Table 2.
Correlation between MFI-K and other factors.
| MFI-K total scores | General/physical fatigue | Mental fatigue | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| Caregiver age | 0.049 | 0.631 | 0.185 | 0.065 | 0.346 | <0.001 |
| Patient age | 0.436 | <0.001 | −0.171 | 0.089 | 0.100 | 0.323 |
| Patient's disease duration | 0.193 | 0.055 | 0.284 | 0.004 | 0.169 | 0.094 |
| BMI | −0.127 | 0.207 | −0.074 | 0.465 | −0.076 | 0.452 |
| Sleep duration | −0.026 | 0.794 | −0.171 | 0.090 | 0.028 | 0.782 |
| ESS total scores | 0.346 | <0.001 | 0.270 | 0.007 | 0.431 | <0.001 |
| HADS-anxiety score | 0.509 | <0.001 | 0.547 | <0.001 | 0.489 | <0.001 |
| HADS-depression score | 0.576 | <0.001 | 0.529 | <0.001 | 0.526 | <0.001 |
| MFI-K total scores | 1 | 0.768 | <0.001 | 0.881 | <0.001 | |
| General/physical fatigue | 0.768 | <0.001 | 1 | 0.563 | <0.001 | |
| Mental fatigue | 0.881 | <0.001 | 0.563 | <0.001 | 1 | |
| Reduced activities | 0.719 | <0.001 | 0.327 | 0.001 | 0.514 | <0.001 |
| Motivation | 0.829 | <0.001 | 0.489 | <0.001 | 0.665 | <0.001 |
p values were obtained by Pearson's correlation analysis.