Factors related to health-related quality of life in older people with multimorbidity and high health care consumption over a two-year period

BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Correlation matrix of change in Health related Quality of Life in a 2-year period with age, gender, cognition, symptom burden, physical activity, activities of daily living and depression and change over a 2-year period in symptom burden, physical activity, independence of daily living and depression

	Change in HrQoL	Age	Gender	Cognition	Symptom burden	Physical activity	Activities of daily living	Depression	Change in symptom burden	Change in physical activity	Change in activity of daily living	Change in depression
Change in HrQoL	1
Age	.009	1
Gender^a	−.100	−.106	1
Cognition	−.040	−.163*	−.106	1
Symptom burden	.271**	.063	−.231**	−.064	1
Physical activity	−.126	−.015	.209**	.143*	−.196**	1
Activities of daily living	−.187*	−.034	.204**	.124	−.275**	.447**	1
Depression	.236**	.050	−.165*	−.139*	.553*	−.369**	−.367**	1
Change in symptom burden	−.471**	−.015	.032	−.148*	−.308**	.131*	−.060	−.161*	1
Change in physical activity	−.000	−.018	−.001	.003	−.045	−.061	.202**	−.047	.078	1
Change in activities of daily living	.139	−.021	.100	−.207*	−.055	−.022	−.215**	−.079	.237**	.047	1
Change in depression	−.241**	−.061	.052	.017	−.205**	−.055	.049	−.271	−.149*	.062	.051	1