Table 3

Spearman correlation coefficients of the EQ-5D summary score, sub-scores and visual analogue scale with the generic (SF 36) and the disease specific (PDQ-39) quality of life measures

		EQ-5D
		Mobility	Self care	Usual activities	Pain	Anxiety	Summary index	Visual analogue score
PDQ 39 SI:
Mobility	0.73^3-150	0.59^3-150	0.67^3-150	0.54^3-150	0.47^3-150	−0.74^3-150	−0.56^3-150
ADL	0.65^3-150	0.72^3-150	0.65^3-150	0.37	0.38	−0.63^3-150	−0.41^3-150
Emotional	0.54^3-150	0.42^3-150	0.46^3-150	0.37	0.50^3-150	−0.54^3-150	−0.43^3-150
Stigma	0.34	0.30	0.33	0.35	0.48^3-150	−0.41^3-150	−0.47^3-150
Social functioning	0.26	0.28	0.28	0.31	0.26	−0.35	−0.30
Cognitions	0.49^3-150	0.51^3-150	0.58^3-150	0.35	0.45^3-150	−0.55^3-150	−0.47^3-150
Communication	0.53^3-150	0.58^3-150	0.57^3-150	0.34	0.28	−0.56^3-150	−0.42^3-150
Bodily	0.40	0.35	0.45^3-150	0.47^3-150	0.40	−0.55^3-150	−0.51^3-150
Summary score	0.69^3-150	0.63^3-150	0.68^3-150	0.54^3-150	0.55^3-150	−0.75^3-150	−0.60^3-150
SF-36:
Physical functioning	−0.58^3-150	−0.44^3-150	−0.52^3-150	−0.42^3-150	−0.36	0.57^3-150	0.47^3-150
Physical role	−0.42^3-150	−0.18	−0.40	−0.40	−0.27	0.43^3-150	0.43^3-150
Bodily pain	−0.35	−0.33	−0.36	−0.59^3-150	−0.32	0.56^3-150	0.54^3-150
General health	−0.37	−0.40	−0.48^3-150	−0.36	−0.35	0.47^3-150	0.62^3-150
Vitality	−0.39	−0.46^3-150	−0.48^3-150	−0.34	−0.46^3-150	0.52^3-150	0.49^3-150
Social functioning	−0.56^3-150	−0.52^3-150	−0.52^3-150	−0.46^3-150	−0.46^3-150	0.59^3-150	0.53^3-150
Emotional role	−0.19	−0.13	−0.19	−0.11	−0.21	0.20	0.25
Mental health	−0.32	−0.43^3-150	−0.45^3-150	−0.36	−0.53^3-150	0.50^3-150	0.49^3-150
Physical score	−0.52^3-150	−0.41^3-150	−0.51^3-150	−0.53^3-150	−0.31	0.61^3-150	0.55^3-150
Mental score	−0.25	−0.33	−0.34	−0.20	−0.41^3-150	0.35	0.40

ADL=Activities of daily living.
↵3-150 p<0.00038.