Table 6 Subgroup analyses
Patient numbers | Mean total SF-Qualiveen scores | Cronbach’s alpha | ICC | Correlation between SF-Qualiveen scores and UDI-6 scores | Patients’ SF-Qualiveen scores compared to controls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Level of SCI | Cervical | 15 (26%) | 1.68–1.68 | 0.93–0.96 | 0.95 | r = 0.853, p < 0.001 r = 0.788, p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 |
Thoracic | 31 (55%) | 1.77–1.75 | 0.88–0.91 | 0.95 | r = 0.552, p = 0.001 r = 0.547, p = 0.001 | p < 0.001 | |
Lumbar | 11 (19%) | 2.11–2.15 | 0.79–0.80 | 0.89 | r = 0.686, p = 0.02 r = 0.769, p = 0.006 | p < 0.001 | |
ASIA Impairment Scale | A | 23 (40.3%) | 1.58–1.50 | 0.88–0.92 | 0.94 | r = 0.585, p = 0.003 r = 0.650, p = 0.001 | p < 0.001 |
B | 5 (8.8%) | 2.18–2.48 | 0.80–0.88 | 0.92 | r = 0.895, p = 0.040 r = 0.597, p = 0.287 | p < 0.001 | |
C | 7 (12.3%) | 1.70–1.57 | 0.83–0.82 | 0.86 | r = 0.715, p = 0.071 r = 0.677, p = 0.095 | p < 0.001 | |
D | 20 (35.1%) | 2.04–2.11 | 0.90–0.92 | 0.96 | r = 0.706, p < 0.001 r = 0.709, p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | |
Missing: 2 | |||||||
Manner of bladder emptying | No catheter use | 7 (12%) | 1.36–1.21 | 0.87–0.91 | 0.94 | r = 0.707, p = 0.076 r = 0.817, p = 0.025 | p < 0.001 |
Intermittent catheterization | 27 (47%) | 2.19–2.20 | 0.89–0.88 | 0.92 | r = 0.571, p = 0.002 r = 0.518, p = 0.006 | p < 0.001 | |
Indwelling catheter | 22 (39%) | 1.47–1.48 | 0.85–0.93 | 0.95 | r = 0.743, p < 0.001 r = 0.768, p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | |
Missing: 1 |