Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and correlation between the study variables (n = 215)

		Perceived stress	Adaptive coping	Maladaptive Coping	Symptoms severity	Functional status
Perceived stress	R	-
Perceived stress	P	-
Adaptive coping	R	− 0.375^*
Adaptive coping	P	< 0.001^*
Maladaptive coping	R	0.268^*	− 0.157^*
Maladaptive coping	P	< 0.001^*	0.022^*
Symptoms severity	R	0.506^*	− 0.450^*	0.435^*
Symptoms severity	P	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*
Functional status	R	0.619^*	− 0.373^*	0.43^*	0.822^*	-
Functional status	P	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	< 0.001	< 0.001	-
Mean ± SD		26.06 ± 8.09	45.57 ± 8.19	32.20 ± 6.93	31.48 ± 6.94	23.57 ± 4.95

r: Pearson coefficient, *: Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05