Table 5.
Correlation analysis of sociodemographic factor variable influences on HRQoL outcome variables.
| HRQoL outcome variable | Correlated sociodemographic factor, correlation index (4) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disease stage | Gender | Age | Education | Marital status | Household monthly income | |
| SF-36 | −0.322∗∗ | −0.076 | −0.331∗∗ | 0.231∗∗ | −0.190∗∗ | 0.394∗∗ |
| PCS | {195} | {190} | {192} | {192} | {194} | {190} |
| SF-36 | −0.234∗∗ | −0.067 | −0.172∗ | 0.196∗∗ | −0.073 | 0.416∗∗ |
| MCS | {193} | {189} | {190} | {191} | {191} | {190} |
| SF-36 | −0.351∗∗ | −0.062 | −0.300∗∗ | 0.253∗∗ | −0.150∗ | 0.423∗∗ |
| Total score | {190} | {186} | {187} | {188} | {189} | {187} |
| EQ-5D | −0.242∗∗ | 0.015 | −0.193∗∗ | 0.086 | −0.177∗ | 0.085 |
| VAS | {204} | {200} | {202} | {202} | {202} | {199} |
| CLDQ | −0.211∗∗ | −0.017 | −0.090 | 0.019 | −0.026 | 0.237∗∗ |
| Full scale | {153} | {153} | {153} | {153} | {153} | {153} |
∗ P < 0.05 and ∗∗p < 0.01 correlational relationship.