Table 3: Summary of bivariate correlations among quality of life indicators and psychiatric symptoms, cognition, functional capacity, and medical comorbidity.
PHC
MHC
Life satisfaction
PHC
−0.087
0.159
MHC
0.621**
BPRS-E (total score)
−0.079
−0.370*
−0.306*
Positive symptoms
0.070
−0.016
−0.058
Negative symptoms
−0.038
−0.607**
−0.379**
HAM-D
0.071
−0.662**
−0.427**
Cognitive composite
0.014
0.094
−0.281+
UPSA-B
0.044
−0.024
−0.243+
Medical comorbidity
−0.518**
−0.262+
−0.339*
Note: PHC: physical health component of the SF-36, MHC: mental health component of the SF-36, BPRS-E: brief psychiatric rating scale (expanded), HAM-D: Hamilton depression rating scale, and UPSA-B: University of California San Diego performance-based skills assessment (brief). * is significant at the 0.05 level (two tailed), ** is significant at the 0.01 level (two tailed), and + < 0.10.