Psychometric assessment of the Chinese version of the Problems and Needs in Palliative Care questionnaire-short version in advanced cancer patients

Table 5 Correlations between the PNPC-sv and the EORCTQOL-C30

PNPC-sv dimension	QOL-C30 dimensions expected to correlate	PNPC problem part	PNPC need-for-care part
PNPC-sv dimension	QOL-C30 dimensions expected to correlate	Spearman’s Correlation	Spearman’s Correlation
ADL	Physical functioning	0.563^a	0.597^a
Physical	Fatigue	0.509^a	0.588^a
	Nausea and vomiting	0.200^a	0.129
	Pain	0.581^a	0.519^a
	Dyspnoea	0.509^a	0.337^a
	Insomnia	0.437^a	0.358^a
	Appetite loss	0.196^a	0.250^a
Financial	Financial difficulties	0.363^a	0.477^a
Social	Social functioning	0.188^b	0.243^a
Psychological	Emotional functioning	0.527^a	0.499^a
Global scores	Global health status	−0.484^a	−0.419^a

Note: This table shows Spearman’s rho correlations of sum scores of proposed PNPC-sv dimensions with corresponding dimensions of the EORTC QLQ-C30. ^aThe correlations are significant at 0.01. ^bSignificant at 0.05

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