Cultural adaptation and validation of the scleroderma health assessment questionnaire into Arabic language

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 2 Assessment of convergent validity by correlation between the SHAQ VAS scores with health-related quality-of-life domains SF-36 (n = 56)

	Overall severity VAS score		Digestive VAS score		Pulmonary VAS		Raynaud’s VAS		Digital ulcer VAS
	*(r)*	p	*(r)*	p	*(r)*	P	*(r)*	P	*(r)*	P
Physical component summary score	− 0.458^b	0.0001	− 0.495^b	0.0001	− 0.403^b	0.002	− 0.365^b	0.006	0.051	0.707
• Physical functioning	− 0.348^b	0.008	− 0.454^b	0.0001	− 0.386^b	0.003	− 0.351^b	0.008	0.081	0.552
• Role limitation due to physical problem	.0		.0		.0		.0		.0
• Bodily pain	− 0.452^b	0.0001	− 0.414^b	0.002	− 0.372^b	0.005	− 0.256	0.057	− .055	0.685
• General health	− 0.579^b	0.0001	− 0.282^a	0.035	− 0.125	0.359	− 0.112	0.412	− .028	0.839
Mental component summary score	0.375^b	0.004	− 0.317^a	0.017	− 0.321^a	0.016	− 0.244	0.07	0.124	0.362
• Role limitation due to emotional problem	.0		.0		.0		.0		.0
• Vitality	− 0.334^a	0.012	− 0.346^b	0.009	− 0.262	0.051	− 0.207	0.126	0.22	0.104
• Mental health	− 0.199	0.142	− .018	0.893	− .017	0.901	0.003	0.984	0.236	0.079
• Social functioning	− 0.383^b	0.004	− 0.335^a	0.012	− 0.186	0.17	− 0.111	0.414	− 0.159	0.243
Health-related QoL	− 0.458^b	0.0001	− 0.486^b	0.0001	− 0.443^b	0.001	− 0.39^b	0.003	0.043	0.752