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Table 2 Correlations and descriptive statistics of study variables

From: Depressive mood mediates the influence of social support on health-related quality of life in elderly, multimorbid patients

 

EQ VAS

EQ-5D Index

GDS-15

F-SozU-K14

Weighted disease count

Age

Gender

Educational level

Household income

Living with partner

Mean

Standard deviation

EQ VAS

-

         

62.4

18.2

EQ-5D Index

.530**

-

        

0.703

0.23

GDS-15

-.406**

-.446**

-

       

2.57

2.60

F-SozU-K14

.178**

.140**

-.407**

-

      

4.01

0.69

Weighted disease count

-.315**

-.295**

.197**

-.076**

-

     

11.26

5.14

Age

-.112**

-.108**

.125**

-.121**

.162**

-

    

74.4

5.19

Gender (female = 1)

-.060**

-.164**

.092**

.005

-.042*

.054**

-

   

-

-

Educational level

.108**

.103**

-.068**

.016

-.117**

-.054**

-.111**

-

  

-

-

Household income

.127**

.086**

-.139**

.072**

-.076**

-.007

-.123**

.258**

-

 

1,412

706

Living with partner

.062**

.070**

-.117**

.128**

-.028

-.191**

-.314**

.066**

.046**

-

-

-

  1. **Correlation is significant at p < 0.01 (two-sided).
  2. *Correlation is significant at p < 0.05 (two-sided).
  3. Spearman’s correlation coefficient. All others are Pearson’s coefficients.