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Table 4 Spearman’s correlation coefficients of children’s proxy-reported EQ-5D-5L-Y domains and VAS, and caregiver CarerQoL and EQ-5D-5L domains, as well as utility scores and VAS

From: Factors associated with care- and health-related quality of life of caregivers of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

 

Children’s EQ-5D-5L-Y domains (proxy-reported)

 
 

Mobility

Self-care

Usual activities

Pain/

discomfort

Worried/sad/unhappy

VAS

Caregiver’s CarerQoL domains

 Fulfilment

−0.11

−0.02

−0.12

− 0.08

− 0.09

0.14

 Relational problems

0.16

0.11

0.19

0.15

0.36***

−0.15

 Mental health problems

0.07

0.10

0.14

0.05

0.20

−0.17

 Problems combining care tasks with daily activities

0.26**

0.28**

0.33**

0.19

0.30***

−0.23*

 Financial problems

0.08

0.17

0.16

0.12

0.30***

−0.16

 Support

−0.02

0.12

−0.03

− 0.03

− 0.04

0.12

 Physical health problems

0.01

−0.01

0.11

0.05

0.22*

−0.08

 Utility score

−0.15

−0.12

− 0.24

−0.14

− 0.32**

0.20

 VAS

−0.11

−0.09

− 0.17

−0.14

− 0.20

0.26**

Caregiver’s EQ-5D-5L domains

 Mobility

0.20

0.03

0.21

0.24**

0.19

−0.20

 Self-care

0.11

0.16

0.13

0.17

0.22*

−0.10

 Usual activities

0.17

0.16

0.21

0.22*

0.23*

−0.26**

 Pain/discomfort

0.13

−0.02

0.14

0.16

0.16

−0.20

 Anxiety/depression

0.11

0.17

0.17

0.19

0.32***

−0.20

 Utility score

−0.19

− 0.12

−0.23*

− 0.24*

−0.28***

0.25**

 VAS

−0.13

−0.00

− 0.15

−0.17

− 0.14

0.5***

  1. * p < 0.05;** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 using Bonferroni approach
  2. Coefficient strength: perfect (1), very strong (0.8–0.99), moderate (0.6–0.79), fair (0.3–0.59), poor (0.1–0.29), and none (0–0.09)
  3. EQ-5D-5L 5-level version of EuroQoL questionnaire, EQ-5D-5L-Y Youth 5-level version of EuroQoL questionnaire, CarerQoL Care-related quality of life questionnaire, VAS Visual analogue scale