Reliability and validity of the Finnish version of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form, patient self-report section

Table 3 Disability and health-related quality of life and their correlations with the patient self-report section of the ASES

	Mean (SD)	Correlations
		The total ASES	Pain score	Function score
SST (scale 0-12)	5 (4)	0.73***	0.54***	0.81***
A single disability question (scale 0-100)	54 (28)	– 0.74***	– 0.67***	– 0.68***
Dimensions of SF-36 (scale 0-100)
Physical Functioning	64 (25)	0.51***	0.38**	0.57***
General Health	58 (22)	0.27	0.22	0.32*
Vitality	60 (21)	0.58	0.21	0.32*
Mental Health	73 (21)	0.26	0.23	0.27
Role Physical	36 (39)	0.49***	0.41***	0.47***
Role Emotional	67 (42)	0.37**	0.28	0.42***
Social Functioning	75 (26)	0.44***	0.37**	0.46***
Bodily Pain	41 (21)	0.68***	0.630***	0.58***
Summary Score of SF-36 (scale 0-100)
PCS	36 (10)	0.57***	0.48***	0.56***
MCS	52 (12)	0.21	0.17	0.25

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001. Sidak adjusted probability.
SD standard deviation, ASES American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form, SST Simple Shoulder Test, SF-36 Short Form 36 Health Survey, PCS Physical Component Score, MCS Mental Component Score.