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Table 3 Psychometric property: Validity

From: Validation of the Brazilian version of the Hip Outcome Score (HOS) questionnaire

Questionnaires (subscale)

Pearson’s r

Pearson’s correlation coefficient for convergent validity

 HOS-Brazil (ADL subscale) vs. NAHS (total)

0.874***

 HOS-Brazil (ADL subscale) vs. SF-12 (Physical subscale)

0.744***

 HOS-Brazil (Sports subscale) vs. NAHS (total)

0.789***

 HOS-Brazil (Sports subscale) vs. SF-12 (Physical subscale)

0.685***

Pearson’s correlation coefficient for divergent validity

 HOS-Brazil (ADL subscale) vs. SF-12 (Mental subscale)

0.346**

 HOS-Brazil (Sports subscale) vs. SF-12 (Mental subscale)

0.344**

  1. HOS-Brazil Brazilian version of Hip Outcome Score, ADL activity of daily living, NAHS Nonarthritic Hip Score, SF-12 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey, r Pearson’s correlation coefficient *** p < 0.0001; **p = 0.003