Table 2.

Patient and partner scores for perception of disease, dyadic coping and quality of life.

Variable	Patients		Life partners		t	p
	M	SD	M	SD
Perception of disease
Threat	11.45	4.27	11.38	4.04	0.19	0.84
Centrality	12.99	4.05	12.87	3.78	0.35	0.72
Challenge	11.47	3.09	11.13	3.15	1.22	0.22
Dyadic coping
Supportive dyadic coping by oneself SDCO	18.54	3.93	18.65	3.93	0.39	0.69
Supportive dyadic coping by partner SDCP	19.28	4.51	17.96	4.81	4.33	0.00***
Delegated dyadic coping by oneself DDCO	6.88	1.81	7.15	1.83	1.45	0.14
Delegated dyadic coping by partner DDCP	7.56	2.13	6.67	2.06	5.02	0.00***
Common/Shared dyadic coping CDC	18.41	4.96	18.09	5.18	1.27	0.20
Negative dyadic coping by oneself NDCO	14.83	3.64	14.23	3.56	2.25	0.02*
Negative dyadic coping by partner NDCP	14.64	3.76	13.82	3.62	3.04	0.003**
Quality of life
Functionality	32.67	9.02	26.52	7.65	7.43	0.00***
Symptoms	26.59	7.70	20.30	6.79	9.64	0.00***
Global health	8.97	2.90	10.60	2.28	7.21	0.00***

^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001.