Table 2.

Relationship between cortisol level and PSS-10 and Mini-COPE questionnaire scores—RA patients without glucocorticosteroid treatment (n = 34)

Cortisol [ng/mL]	Total (n = 34)		Women (n = 22)		Men (n = 12)
	rhoa	pb	rho	p	rho	p
PSS-10	− 0.125	0.482	− 0.100	0.657	− 0.190	0.555
Mini-COPE
Active coping	0.135	0.447	0.300	0.174	− 0.363	0.247
Planning	0.005	0.978	0.110	0.625	− 0.306	0.333
Positive re-evaluation	0.295	0.090	0.515	0.014	− 0.199	0.535
Acceptance	− 0.024	0.892	− 0.011	0.960	− 0.061	0.850
Sense of humour	0.298	0.086	0.219	0.326	0.470	0.123
Turning to religion	0.328	0.058	0.302	0.171	0.306	0.333
Seeking emotional support	0.231	0.189	0.439	0.041	− 0.273	0.391
Seeking instrumental support	0.333	0.055	0.476	0.025	0.025	0.938
Dealing with something else	0.243	0.166	0.257	0.248	0.337	0.284
Denial	0.287	0.100	0.471	0.027	− 0.136	0.674
Discharge	0.094	0.597	− 0.029	0.899	0.380	0.223
Use of psychoactive substances	− 0.172	0.332	− 0.082	0.716	− 0.426	0.167
Cessation of activities	− 0.047	0.793	0.069	0.761	− 0.337	0.284
Blaming oneself	0.094	0.595	0.014	0.952	0.273	0.391

PSS-10 Perceived stress scale, Mini-COPE Inventory for the measurement of coping with stress

^aSpearman correlation coefficient

^bp for Spearman’s rank-order correlation