Discriminatory validity
Comparison of the patients’ QoL scores percentages with the number of infections within 3 months and 12 months is summarized in Figure 1. Patients who experienced more than 1 infection within 3 months had significantly higher scores of QoL global, EF and RF (p=0.038, p=0.045, p=0.028). Although the number of infections within the 12 months was not statistically different (p=0.108, p=0.106, p=0.230), we observed that those who had more infections had higher QoL global, EF and RF scores (Figure 2).