Research Article

Validity and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Persian Version of the Oxford Elbow Score

Table 2

Convergent validity expressed by Spearman’s correlation () between subscales of Persian OES and the DASH and SF-36 ().

Oxford Elbow Score
FunctionPainSocial-psychologicalTotal

SF-36
 PCS(−0.63)**(−0.56)**(−0.61)**(−0.67)**
  Physical functioning(−0.58)**(−0.48)**(−0.49)**(−0.58)**
  Role physical(−0.48)**(−0.39)**(−0.55)**(−0.53)**
  Bodily pain(−0.66)**(−0.76)**(−0.72)**(−0.80)**
  General health(−0.37)**(−0.34)**(−0.38)**(−0.41)**
 MCS(−0.37)**(−0.44)**(−0.49)**(−0.48)**
  Vitality(−0.44)**(−0.43)**(−0.48)**(−0.50)**
  Social functioning(−0.14)(−0.19)(−0.24)*(−0.21)*
  Role emotional(−0.51)**(−0.39)**(−0.55)**(−0.54)**
  Mental health(−0.31)**(−0.47)**(−0.39)**(−0.43)**
DASH0.77**0.64**0.73**0.80**

PCS: physical condition scale and MCS: mental condition scale.
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).