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. 2012 Jul 8;2012:898327. doi: 10.5402/2012/898327

Table 2.

Associations between measures of distress, affective state, quality of life, and perceived support.

PANAS positive PANAS negative PSQI Anxiety Depression QOL Fatigue Social Support
(HADS-A) (HADS-D) (EORTC) (BFI) (MSSS)
PANAS positive 1
PANAS negative R  =  −.125 1
P  =.232
Sleep (PSQI) R  = −.167 R  =.248 1
P  =.112 P  =.017
Anxiety (HADS-A) R  =  −.192 R  =.564 R  =.368 1
P  =.098 P   <  .001 P  =.001
Depression (HADS-D) R  =  −.556 R  =.171 R  =.048 R  =.246 1
P  =.001 P  =.143 P  =.679 P  =.032
QOL (EORTC) R  =.552 R  =−.330 R  =−.308 R  =  −.208 R  =  −.459 1
P  =.001 P  =.001 P  =.003 P  =.072 P  =.001
Fatigue (BFI) R  =  −.307 R  =.365 R  =.297 R  =.396 R  =.367 R  = .564 1
P  =.003 P   <  .001 P  =.004 P   <  .001 P  =.001 P   <  .001
Social support (MSSS) R  =.266 R  =.047 R  =−.233 R  =−.067 R  =−.198 R  =.122 R  = −.085 1
P  =.010 P  =.659 P  =.026 P  =.565 P  =.088 P  =.244 P  =.466

For the total sample and averaging scores across both time points, Significant (P < 0.05), Trend toward significance (0.10 > P ≥ 0.05), PANAS: Positive and Negative Affect Scale, PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, BFI: Brief Fatigue Inventory, EORTC: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, MSSS: Modified Social Support Survey.