The pediatric rheumatology quality of life scale: validation of the English version in a US cohort of juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Table 3 Correlation between PRQL scores and the PedsQL generic and rheumatology modules and other clinical variable

	PRQL score
	Total	PhH	PsH
PedsQL
Generic core scales
Total score	0.75^*	0.65⁺	0.62⁺
Psychosocial health	0.66⁺	0.51⁺	0.65⁺
Physical health	0.71^*	0.71^*	0.45⁺
Rheumatology module
Pain and hurt	0.69⁺	0.73^*	0.41⁺
Daily activities	0.52⁺	0.52⁺	0.37
Treatment	0.34	0.34	0.24
Worry	0.44⁺	0.43⁺	0.35
Communication	0.42⁺	0.42⁺	0.30
Parent/patient global health status VAS	0.60⁺	0.66⁺	0.32
Parent/patient pain VAS	0.62⁺	0.67⁺	0.35
Active joint count	0.13	0.15	0.11
Physician disease activity VAS	0.28	0.31	0.12

Legend: *high correlation defined as r>0.7; ⁺Moderate correlation defined as 0.4>r<0.7; Poor correlation defined as ≤0.4.

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