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Table 9 Composite-level construct validity correlations

From: Psychometric evaluation of an electronic Asthma Symptom Diary for young children

ePASD score

ACQ-IA-5

ACQ-IA-6

 C-ACT

PAQLQ(S)

Overall

PAQLQ(S) Activity Limitation

PAQLQ(S) Symptoms

PAQLQ(S) Emotional Function

PGIS

CGIS

Day 1 (n = 39–82)

        

Daytime Symptom score

0.42*

0.44*

−0.43*

−0.61*

−0.59*

−0.58*

−0.60*

0.28

0.28

Daytime score

0.46*

0.48*

−0.40*

−0.65*

−0.64*

−0.61*

−0.63*

0.31

0.34*

Nighttime Symptom score

0.47*

0.49*

−0.48*

−0.57*

−0.58*

−0.57*

−0.49*

0.45*

0.35*

Nighttime score

0.49*

0.51*

−0.52*

−0.55*

−0.55*

−0.57*

−0.47*

0.48*

0.36*

Overall Symptom score

0.48*

0.50*

−0.49*

−0.64*

−0.64*

−0.62*

−0.60*

0.38*

0.34*

Number of RFDs

−0.69*

−0.74*

0.36

0.48*

0.46*

0.47*

0.46*

−0.16

−0.31

RFD-Proportion

−0.60*

−0.65*

0.33*

0.46*

0.39*

0.48*

0.42*

−0.07

−0.26

EOS Day − 1 (n = 40–70)

       

Daytime Symptom score

0.42*

0.43*

−0.47*

−0.48*

−0.46*

−0.53*

−0.39*

0.41*

0.33

Daytime score

0.50*

0.51*

−0.45*

−0.51*

−0.51*

−0.55*

−0.42*

0.41*

0.34*

Nighttime Symptom score

0.59*

0.59*

−0.33*

−0.42*

−0.40*

−0.46*

−0.33*

0.27

0.40*

Nighttime score

0.60*

0.60*

−0.36*

−0.43*

−0.42*

−0.47*

−0.35*

0.30

0.40*

Overall Symptom score

0.48*

0.49*

−0.45*

−0.48*

−0.45*

−0.53*

−0.37*

0.38*

0.37*

Number of RFDs

−0.65*

−0.71*

0.37

0.43*

0.48*

0.45*

0.35

−0.48

−0.41

RFD-Proportion

−0.65*

−0.69*

0.43*

0.46*

0.48*

0.49*

0.37*

−0.48*

−0.41*

  1. * P < 0.01
  2. ACQ-IA-5 = Asthma Control Questionnaire–Interviewer Administered, Symptoms Only; ACQ-IA-6 = Asthma Control Questionnaire–Interviewer Administered (including Item 6 Number of puffs); C-ACT = Childhood Asthma Control Test; CGIS = Caregiver Global Impression of Severity; EOS = end of study; ePASD = electronic Pediatric Asthma Symptom Diary; PAQLQ(S) = Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire–Standardized; PGIS = Patient Global Impression of Severity; RFD = rescue medication–free day
  3. Notes: EOS Day − 1 ePASD data were correlated with EOS PAQLQ(S), C-ACT, ACQ-IA-5, ACQ-IA-6, PGIS, and CGIS data. Correlation coefficients in bold were hypothesized to be relatively strong