Table 2.
Relationships between QoL scores and emotional status and coping strategies for patients
| Quality of life (WHOQoL)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Psychological | Social | Environment | |
| Emotional statusa | ||||
| Anxiety | ||||
| Sample | −0.407** | −0.389* | −0.220 | −0.250 |
| Bootstrap bias | 0.017 | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.010 |
| 95% CI | (−0.615, −0.134) | (−0.623, −0.088) | (−0.492, 0.076) | (−0.535, 0.082) |
| Mood disorders | ||||
| Sample | −0.453** | −0.560** | −0.213 | −0.178 |
| Bootstrap bias | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.014 | 0.001 |
| 95% CI | (−0.688, −0.154) | (−0.740, −0.309) | (−0.483, 0.149) | (−0.490, 0.161) |
| Coping strategiesb | ||||
| Social support | ||||
| Sample | −0.205 | 0.153 | 0.272 | 0.047 |
| Bootstrap bias | 0.002 | −0.006 | −0.007 | −0.001 |
| 95% CI | (−0.490, 0.114) | (−0.168, 0.420) | (−0.096, 0.570) | (−0.266, 0.345) |
| Problem solving | ||||
| Sample | 0.381* | 0.506** | 0.246 | 0.125 |
| Bootstrap bias | 0.005 | −0.006 | 0.003 | 0.000 |
| 95% CI | (0.080, 0.650) | (0.214, 0.726) | (−0.060, 0.524) | (−0.167, 0.425) |
| Avoidance | ||||
| Sample | −0.065 | 0.026 | 0.094 | −0.042 |
| Bootstrap bias | 0.000 | −0.002 | −0.005 | 0.002 |
| 95% CI | (−0.338, 0.261) | (−0.258, 0.298) | (−0.189, 0.370) | (−0.322, 0.253) |
| Positive thinking | ||||
| Sample | 0.473** | 0.467** | 0.317* | 0.322* |
| Bootstrap bias | −0.007 | −0.007 | −0.005 | −0.003 |
| 95% CI | (0.226, 0.681) | (0.161, 0.708) | (−0.009, 0.599) | (0.014, 0.614) |
Notes:
a
VAS (visual analog scale) from 0 (less) to 10 (high level);
b
coping strategies from the BriefCope questionnaire.
*
P<0.05,
**
P<0.01.
Abbreviations: WHOQoL, World Health Organization Quality of Life; CI, confidence interval; BriefCope, Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale.