Research Article

Development and Validation of the Quality-of-Life Assessment System for Lung Cancer Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 3

Correlation coefficients between items of QLASTCM-Lu and QLQ-LC43 ( ).

QLQ-LC43QLASTCM-Lu
Unity of the body and spiritCorrespondence between man and universeSpecific moduleGeneral moduleTotal score

Physical functioning0.810.430.760.730.79
Role functioning0.680.400.660.670.69
Emotional functioning0.800.510.790.670.79
Cognitive functioning0.750.360.690.640.71
Social functioning0.630.450.640.600.66
Global health status/QoL0.710.510.730.650.74
Fatigue−0.78−0.33−0.70−0.69−0.73
Nausea and vomiting−0.61−0.32−0.57−0.57−0.60
Pain−0.68−0.42−0.67−0.61−0.69
Dyspnoea−0.78−0.40−0.73−0.76−0.77