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. 2021 Sep 20;5:96. doi: 10.1186/s41687-021-00372-4

Table 6.

Spearman correlations between scales in the QLQ-C30 and QLQ-NMIBC24 for 541 NMIBC patients participating in UroLife (divergent validity)

QLQ-C30 scales QLQ-NMIBC24 scales
Urinary symptoms (–)a Malaise (–)a Future worries (–)a Bloating and flatulence (–)a Sexual function (+)a Male sexual problems (–)a
Physical function (+)a − 0.23 − 0.16 − 0.11 − 0.13 0.24 − 0.18
Role function (+)a − 0.33 − 0.27 − 0.22 − 0.23 0.14 − 0.14
Emotional function (+)a − 0.25 − 0.24 − 0.57 − 0.26 0.10 − 0.12
Cognitive function (+)a − 0.15 − 0.20 − 0.21 − 0.24 0.07 − 0.17
Social function (+)a − 0.31 − 0.26 − 0.32 − 0.25 0.12 − 0.14
Global Quality of Life (+)a − 0.38 − 0.33 − 0.37 − 0.25 0.16 − 0.16
Pain (–)a 0.35 0.27 0.31 0.25 − 0.13 0.15
Fatigue (–)a 0.26 0.28 0.27 0.26 − 0.15 0.12
Nausea and vomiting (–)a 0.14 0.36 0.10 0.17 − 0.03 0.03

aThe signs (–) and (+) indicate whether higher scores on this scale are worse or better, respectively