Health-related quality of life and emotional distress in patients with dizziness: a cross-sectional approach to disentangle their relationship

Table 2 Bivariate correlations between SF-36, DHI, HADS and clinical characteristics of dizziness

	PCS-36	MCS-36	DHI	HADS
PCS-36	1
MCS-36	0.22**	1
DHI	−0.64***	−0.57***	1
HADS	−0.32***	−0.82***	0.58***	1
DoD	0.13	−0.09	−0.01	0.004
FoD	−0.20*	−0.03	0.24**	0.04
AvP	0.24**	0.10	−0.25**	−0.07
VNV^a	F = 7.94***	4.64*	5.65**	5.18**
Age	−0.03	0.01	0.004	−0.02
Gender	0.03	0.13	−0.12	−0.03

Pearson correlations *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; Bonferroni corrected threshold for significance: p = 0.0017 - correlations surviving Bonferroni correction are bold; ^aAnvoa for VNV (vertigo, non-vertigo, mixed); SF-36: Medical Outcomes Studies 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey; MCS-36: SF-36 mental health component summary score, PCS-36: SF-36 physical component summary score; DHI: Dizziness Handicap Inventory sum score; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; DoD: Duration of Dizziness; FoD: Frequency of Dizziness; AvP: attack versus permanent dizziness; VNV: variable for vertigo, non-vertigo and mixed dizziness.

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