Table 5.
Correlations between items of The Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ) rated before the cardiac evaluation and Clinically significant complaints (0 = no, 1 = yes), BDI, and SF-36 rated six-month follow-up (N = 138) (Pearson’s correlationcoefficient r and point-biserial)
|
BIPQ1 consequences |
BIPQ2 timeline |
BIPQ3 personal control |
BIPQ4 treatment control |
BIPQ5 symptom frequency |
BIPQ6 illness concern |
BIPQ7 understanding |
BIPQ8 emotional effect |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinically significant complaints |
.41** |
.22* |
–.10, ns |
.10, ns |
.34** |
.33** |
–.01, ns |
.28** |
| BDI |
.45** |
.25** |
–.08, ns |
.18* |
.30** |
.38** |
–.05, ns |
.47** |
| SF-36 |
|
|||||||
| Physical |
–.28** |
–.17* |
.12, ns |
–.06, ns |
–.23** |
–.15, ns |
.02, ns |
–.27** |
| Mental | –.46** | –.26** | .09, ns | –.12, ns | –.35** | –.34** | –.02, ns | –.43** |
ns, not significant.
*p < .05.
**p < .01.