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Table 7 Convergent validity: Correlations between World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) questionnaire domains, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) subscales and total scores of GHQ-28 and Life Satisfaction Inventory (LSI) (Pearson's correlation coefficient) for the total sample (n = 425)

From: Quality of life in mentally ill, physically ill and healthy individuals: The validation of the Greek version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) questionnaire

WHOQOL-100 domains

GHQ-28 somatic symptoms

GHQ-28 anxiety/insomnia

GHQ-28 social dysfunction

GHQ-28 severe depression

GHQ-28 total score

LSI total score

Physical health

0.63a

0.57a

0.57a

0.52a

0.60a

0.41a

Psychological health

0.47a

0.47a

0.49a

0.66a

0.64a

0.48a

Social relationships

0.33a

0.38a

0.37a

0.45a

0.45a

0.74a

Environment

0.09

0.26a

0.17a

0.22a

0.22a

0.47a

Overall QoL/health

61a

57a

0.53a

0.60a

0.67a

0.78a

  1. a p < 0.01.
  2. QoL = quality of life.a