Table 4.
Correlations between items of The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ) and outcome measures (BDI and SF-36) rated at the same time (N = 138)(Pearson’s correlation coefficient r)
| Mean (SD) |
BIPQ1 consequences |
BIPQ2 timeline |
BIPQ3 personal control |
BIPQ4 treatment control |
BIPQ5 symptom frequency |
BIPQ6 illness concern |
BIPQ7 understanding |
BIPQ8 emotional effect |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDI-1 |
5.1 (5.6) |
.52** |
.23** |
–.05, ns |
.16, ns |
.31** |
.39** |
–.05, ns |
.51** |
| BDI-2 |
5.8 (6.3) |
.64** |
.28** |
–.31** |
.28** |
.63** |
.47** |
–.14, ns |
.62** |
| SF-36 | |||||||||
| Physical-1 |
65 (25) |
–.24** |
–.23** |
.01, ns |
–.22** |
–.20* |
–.16, ns |
.09, ns |
–.19* |
| Physical-2 |
69 (23) |
–.50** |
–.18* |
.32** |
–.21* |
–.50** |
–.31** |
.15, ns |
–.41** |
| Mental-1 |
73 (25) |
–.41** |
–.05, ns |
–.06, ns |
–.06, ns |
–.18* |
–.28** |
–.10, ns |
–.38** |
| Mental-2 | 74 (22) | –.54** | –.30** | .23** | –.15, ns | –.51** | –.47** | .18* | –.49** |
1- before cardiac evaluation.
2- six-month follow-up.
ns, not significant.
* p < .05.
** p < .01.