Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) from HIV patients’ perspective: comparison of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures among people living with hiv (PLWH) and other chronic clinical conditions

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 3 Spearman correlation coefficients

Variable	HIV	Gender	Age	Duration of the disease	Complicances	Polypharmacy
Physical health (PH)
Correlation coefficient	− 0.40	0.23	− 0.31	0.08	0.09	− 0.10
p	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.222	0.185	0.128
Mental health (MH)
Correlation coefficient	0.00	− 0.01	− 0.02	− 0.10	− 0.01	− 0.12
p	0.979	0.910	0.725	0.148	0.938	0.062
Bodily pain (BP)
Correlation coefficient	− 0.38	0.23	− 0.28	0.01	0.08	− 0.13
p	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.900	0.226	0.041
General health (GH)
Correlation coefficient	− 0.29	0.15	− 0.12	− 0.08	0.07	− 0.15
p	< 0.001	0.021	0.066	0.224	0.291	0.022
Physical functioning (PF)
Correlation coefficient	− 0.37	0.23	− 0.22	0.08	0.13	− 0.07
p	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.001	0.242	0.045	0.292
Vitality (VT)
Correlation coefficient	− 0.18	0.14	− 0.12	0.00	0.06	− 0.15
p	0.005	0.029	0.064	0.949	0.333	0.023
Social functioning (SF)
Correlation coefficient	− 0.18	0.12	− 0.04	− 0.07	0.05	− 0.05
p	0.007	0.068	0.565	0.267	0.470	0.452
Emotional functioning (EF)
Correlation coefficient	− 0.16	0.12	− 0.14	− 0.04	0.04	− 0.12
p	0.014	0.080	0.039	0.564	0.587	0.060