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Table 4 Correlation between the scale for symptom clusters in patients with myasthenia gravis (MGSC-19) and the 15-Item Quality of Life Instrument for myasthenia gravis scale (MGQOL-15) (r value)

From: Development and validation of the scale for symptom clusters in patients with myasthenia gravis

Item

MG-related symptoms

Psychological conditions

Mobility

Total scores of MGQOL-15

Ocular symptom clusters

0.435**

0.362**

0.382**

0.418**

General symptom clusters

0.703**

0.413**

0.620**

0.640**

Treatment-related side effects

0.320**

0.270**

0.396**

0.385**

Psychological disorders

0.492**

0.688**

0.587**

0.656**

Total scores of MGSC-19

0.722**

0.558**

0.702**

0.736**

  1. ** Significant correlation at 0.01 level (two-tailed)