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Table 5 Spearman correlationsa between the ankle instrument scores, those for generic instruments and clinical variables (n = 567)

From: Evaluation of three patient reported outcome measures following operative fixation of closed ankle fractures

Instrument

LEFS

LEFS Adjustedb

OMAS

OMAS Adjusted

SEFAS

SEFAS Adjusted

OMAS

0.86

0.86

    

OMAS Adjusted

0.86

0.86

    

SEFAS

−0.84

−0.84

− 0.89

−0.89

  

SEFAS Adjusted

−0.84

−0.84

− 0.88

−0.88

  

SF-36 physical function

0.85

0.86

0.76

0.77

−0.74

−0.73

EQ-5D index

0.73

0.73

0.79

0.79

−0.80

−0.79

 Mobility

−0.65

−0.64

− 0.66

−0.67

0.66

0.66

 Self-care

−0.35

−0.36

− 0.32

−0.33

0.34

0.34

 Usual activities

−0.60

−0.61

− 0.59

−0.60

0.62

0.62

 Pain/discomfort

−0.64

−0.64

− 0.73

−0.73

0.76

0.75

 Anxiety/depression

−0.30

−0.31

− 0.30

−0.31

0.31

0.30

ASA classification

−0.26

−0.26

− 0.19

−0.21

0.21

0.20

Body Mass Index

−0.15

−0.16

− 0.21

−0.19

0.14

0.15

Duration of operation

−0.24

−0.23

− 0.25

−0.26

0.24

0.22

Uni-, bi-, tri-malleolar

−0.23

−0.22

− 0.21

−0.23

0.21

0.19

  1. aAll correlations are significant (p < 0.01)
  2. bAdjusted scores where mean imputation is used for missing data when half or more items are completed