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Table 4 Cancer group. Mean and standard deviation (SD) values of QLQ-C30 scores and their correlations with multi-item scales, RG and G-SWB score of SWB32. Statistically significant (= p < 0.05) correlations are marked with *. For abbreviations of SWB32 factors see Methods. QL2: Global health status/QOL; PF2: physical; RF2: role; EF: emotional; CF: cognitive; SF: social; FA: fatigue; NV: nausea and vomiting; PA: pain; DY: dyspnea; SL: insomnia; AP: appetite loss; CO: constipation; DI: diarrhea; FI: financial difficulties

From: Spiritual well-being correlates with quality of life of both cancer and non-cancer patients in palliative care - further validation of EORTC QLQ-SWB32 in Finnish

QLQ-C30 / SWB32

QL2

PF2

RF2

EF

CF

SF

FA

NV

PA

DY

SL

AP

CO

DI

FI

Mean (SD)

60.1 (23.4)

59 (27.7)

63.6 (33.3)

79.2 (18.5)

82.0 (23.1)

74.9 (23.1)

43,2 (26.1)

11,7 (19.3)

30.1 (31.9)

26 (30.9)

30.3 (28.2)

24.2 (35.2)

17.8 (26.8)

13.6 (23.2)

19.2 (32.6)

RO 77.9 (17.2)

0.098

-0.221*

-0.098

0.317*

0.070

-0.030

0.014

0.139

0.027

-0.187

-0.165

0.185

0.66

0.11

-0.086

RS 61.7 (20.7)

0.179

0.152

0.228*

0.591*

0.117

0.219*

-0.234*

-0.004

-0.170

-0.244*

-0.300*

0.050

0.004

-0.155

-0.309*

RSG 67.4 (19.1)

0.251*

0.087

0.022

0.265*

0.158

0.101

-0.123

0.004

0.065

-0.212*

-0.095

-0.017

0.112

0.004

-0.165

EX 73.4 (17.5)

0.482*

0.148

0.312*

0.557*

0.272*

0.291*

-0.313*

-0.012

-0.039

-0.396*

-0.205

-0.113

-0.150

-0.097

-0.254

RG 59.1 (42.7)

0.190

0.048

0.082

0.190

0.107

-0.38

-0.122

-0.68

-0.20

-0.194

-0.040

-0.122

-0.011

-0.175

-0.113

G-SWB 62.2 (30.4)

0.345*

0.056

0.132

0.255*

0.107

0.113

-0.193

-0.044

-0.97

-0.38*

-0.209*

-0.057

-0.081

-0.106

-0.333*