Research Article

Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life after TBI: Comparison of a Disease-Specific (QOLIBRI) with a Generic (SF-36) Instrument

Table 3

Results of the stepwise regression analysis.

Dependent variableProportion of explained varianceChange in Significance of change in

QOLIBRI Total
HADS Anx..278.279.000
HADS Dep..385.108.000
GOSE .447.063.000
Sensory/Psychosom..468.022.000
Help Needed.483.016.000
Soc. Act..492.010.001

SF-36-MCS
HADS Dep..303.305.000
HADS Anx..401.098.000
Sensory/Psychsom..414.014.001

SF-36-PCS
Motor/Skeletal.218.220.000
Comorbidity.278.061.000
Help Needed.331.054.000
Soc. Act..359.030.000
GOSE.376.018.000