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Table 3 Spearman's rank correlation coefficients between baseline scores on scales of the Chronic sinusitis survey, SF-36, and items of a sinusitis symptoms scale (n = 60–63)

From: Reliability, validity and responsiveness of a Norwegian version of the Chronic Sinusitis Survey

 

Chronic sinusitis survey scale

 

Sinus symptoms

Medication usage

Total

SF-36 scale

Physical functioning

-0.13

0.17

-0.02

Role – physical

-0.16

0.1

0.2

Bodily pain

0.36*

0.15

0.41**

General health

-0.08

0.14

0.03

Vitality

0.08

-0.07

0.01

Social functioning

0.05

0.1

0.12

Role – emotional

0.08

-0.04

0.73

Mental health

0.21

-0.03

0.17

Physical component summary

0.08

0.19

0.19

Mental component summary

0.10

-0.06

0.08

Sinusitis symptoms

   

Mucus production

-0.38**

0.18

-0.25

Stuffed nose

-0.45**

0.14

-0.29*

Frontal headache

-0.32**

0.04

-0.26*

Maxillary headache

-0.11

-0.1

-0.19

Ability to smell

0.02

-0.13

-0.09

Feeling of illness

-0.43**

-0.08

-0.44**

Sum of symptoms

-0.45**

-0.02

-0.41**

  1. * ≤ 0.05, ** ≤ 0.01