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Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients of participant and therapist-rated outcomes

From: Lee Silverman Voice Treatment versus standard speech and language therapy versus control in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot randomised controlled trial (PD COMM pilot)

 

Baseline

3 months

 

VHI–total score

PDQ-39 communication

V-RQoL

LwD

VHI

PDQ-39 communication

V-RQoL

LwD

Participant-rated

        

VHI-total score

1.00

1.00

PDQ-39 communication

0.73

1.00

0.74

1.00

V-RQoL

0.86

0.76

1.00

0.90

0.77

1.00

LwD

0.77

0.73

0.78

1.00

0.78

0.75

0.79

1.00

Therapist-rated

        

AIDS words

−0.64

−0.45

−0.46

−0.33

−0.53

−0.30

−0.31

−0.38

AIDS sentences

−0.65

−0.43

−0.45

−0.35

−0.58

−0.34

−0.36

−0.35

Rainbow passage

0.17

0.15

0.16

0.08

−0.11

0.02

−0.15

−0.12

Cookie theft

−0.10

0.03

0.03

−0.14

−0.14

−0.02

−0.12

−0.18

Vocal loudness

−0.09

−0.15

−0.06

−0.12

−0.16

−0.10

−0.12

−0.18

  1. VHI Voice Handicap Index, PDQ-39 Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire-39, V-RQoL voice-related quality of life score, LwD Living with Dysarthria score