TABLE 3.

Correlations (Spearman’s rho) between cancer loneliness and continuous baseline characteristics.

Characteristic	Prostate cancer couples		Breast cancer couples
	Survivor (n = 75)	Partner (n = 73)	Survivor (n = 44)	Partner (n = 43)
Demographics and Health History
Age	−0.30**	−0.10	−0.12	−0.17
Time in relationship (years)	−0.07	−0.14	0.04	−0.33*
Comorbidities (charlson comorbidity Index)	0.11	−0.04	−0.14	−0.10
Body Mass Index (BMI; kg/m2)	0.09	−0.10	−0.01	0.06
Time since diagnosis (months)	0.05	—	0.31*	—
Quality of Life
Anxiety	0.66**	0.32**	0.53**	0.36*
Depressive symptoms	0.61**	0.38**	0.55**	0.58**
Social function	−0.56**	−0.23	−0.56**	−0.34*
Physical function	−0.22	0.12	−0.41**	0.48
Bodily pain	−0.23*	0.05	−0.34*	−0.10

*p < 0.05.

**p < 0.01.