The quality of working life questionnaire for cancer survivors (QWLQ-CS): factorial structure, internal consistency, construct validity and reproducibility

Table 4 Convergent validity: Spearman’s correlation coefficients

QWLQ-CS	Comparable construct	Hypothesis	Spearman’s correlation coefficient^a
Total score	VAS overall QWL	r ≤ 0.7	0.70
Total score	VAS overall work satisfaction	r ≤ 0.7	0.61
Subscale 1	COPSOQ meaning of work	r = 0.4–0.6	0.34
Subscale 2	RTW-SE	r = 0.4–0.6	0.53
Subscale 3	COPSOQ social community	r = 0.4–0.6	0.58
Subscale 4	COPSOQ support supervisors	r = 0.4–0.7	0.61
Subscale 4	VAS satisfaction fringe benefits	r = 0.4–0.6	0.53
Subscale 5	SF-36 role limitations	r = 0.4–0.7	0.63

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