Table 2. Means and standard deviation (SD) for each of five subscales of SF-36 according to sociodemographic and comorbid illnesses, and correlation coefficient for anxiety, depression and social support dimensions (n = 18).

	Bodily pain	Vitality	Social functioning	Role limitations, emotional	Mental health
All	64.1 (27.4)	43.9 (12.7)	81.2 (17.3)	72.2 (36.6)	68.4 (13.1)
Sex a
Women	61.7 (28.2)	46.8 (11.9)	78.4 (17.8)	66.7 (42.2))	66.2 (13–2)
Men	61.7 (28.2)	40.0 (13.4)	85.7 (16.8)	80.9 (26.2)	72.0 (13.1)
P *	0.791	0.211	0.425	0.659	0.425
Age (years) b	−0.14	0.125	0.10	0.08	0.04
P *	(0.572)	(0.684)	(0.684)	(0.745)	(0.883)
Marital status c
Widowed	69.5 (29.4)	45.0 (13.6)	83.0 (16.7)	69.7 (40.7)	68.0 (13.6)
Married	61.2 (31.1)	47.5 (8.7)	81.2 (21.7)	75.0 (38.5)	70.0 (16.5)
Unmarried	48.3 (6.4)	35.0 (13.2)	75.0 (21.7)	77.8 (38.5)	68.0 (10.6)
P *	0.71	0.41	0.83	0.94	0.93
Anxiety b	−0.56	−0.23	−0.34	−0.58	−0.86
P *	(0.018)	(0.385)	(0.178)	(0.016)	(<0.001)
Depression b	−0.05	−0.23	−0.26	−0.16	−0.62
P *	(0.845)	(0.157)	(0.309)	(0.535)	(0.007)
Attachment b	−0.145	0.562	0.257	−0.111	0.214
P *	(0.566)	(0.015)	(0.304)	(0.661)	(0.395)
Social integration b	0.391	0.014	0.536	−0.108	−0.146
P *	(0.109)	(0.957)	(0.022)	(0.670)	(0.564)
Reassurance of worth b	−0.407	0.334	0.258	−0.243	0.005
P *	(0.094)	(0.175)	(0.301)	(0.331)	(0.983)
Nurturance b	0.430	0.035	0.030	−0.486	−0.125
P *	(0.075)	(0.889)	(0.907)	(0.041)	(0.622)
Grolls index b , d	−0.412	−0.48	−0.15	−0.40	−0.44
P *	(0.101)	(0.050)	(0.555)	(0.108)	(0.078)

Notes.

^aMann–Whitney U test.

^bSpearman correlation coefficient.

^cKruskal–Wallis test.

^dFunctional comorbidity index. A maximum score of 18 indicates the highest number of comorbid illnesses.

^*bold, statistical significance at 0.05.