Table 4.

Relationships between Brief COPE and sociodemographics and quality of life

		Brief COPE
		Social support	Problem solving	Avoidance	Positive thinking
Age		−0.009	−0.044	−0.001	−0.072
Gender	Women M (SD)	4.12 (1.22)	4.57 (1.59)	3.12 (0.70)	4.44 (1.65)
	Men M (SD)	3.62 (1.29)	4.60 (1.74)	2.92 (0.81)	4.77 (1.29)
	p-value	<0.001	0.844	0.014	0.009
Patient-caregiver relationship	Partner M (SD)	3.71 (1.25)	4.58 (1.66)	2.99 (0.76)	4.50 (1.25)
	Not partner M (SD)	4.19 (1.22)	4.48 (1.63)	3.12 (0.72)	4.60 (1.21)
	p-value	<0.001	0.549	0.115	0.427
Living	In couple M (SD)	3.84 (1.23)	4.61 (1.65)	2.98 (0.75)	4.53 (1.24)
	Single M (SD)	4.02 (1.36)	4.52 (1.67)	3.18 (0.74)	4.73 (1.21)
	p-value	0.200	0.636	0.024	0.156
Employment status	Workers M (SD)	4.11 (1.20)	4.91 (1.61)	2.96 (0.71)	4.65 (1.14)
	Not workers M (SD)	3.82 (1.28)	4.47 (1.66)	3.06 (0.76)	4.57 (1.26)
	p-value	0.064	0.026	0.303	0.603
Educational level	<12 y M (SD)	3.76 (1.21)	4.27 (1.56)	3.09 (0.76)	4.54 (1.34)
	> = 12 y M (SD)	3.99 (1.29)	4.89 (1.69)	2.98 (0.75)	4.66 (1.11)
	p-value	0.076	<0.001	0.145	0.348
SF-36	Physical function.	−0.052	0.103*	−0.144**	0.110*
	Social functioning	−0.086	0.061	−0.162**	0.316***
	Role physical	−0.086	0.017	−0.152**	0.020
	Role emotional	−0.123*	0.074	−0.170***	0.162***
	Mental health	−0.207***	0.195***	−0.319***	0.479***
	Vitality	−0.105*	0.220***	−0.181***	0.355***
	Bodily pain	−0.108*	0.087	−0.157**	0.060
	General health	−0.032	0.176***	−0.181***	0.248***
	PCS	−0.016	0.069	−0.090	−0.010
	MCS	−0.154**	0.151**	−0.244***	0.421***

M (SD) mean (standard deviation)

Brief COPE range [0–5]; higher score indicated higher use of coping strategy;

PCS physical composite score, MCS mental composite score; range [0–100]; higher score indicated higher QoL; bold values: p <0.05

*p < 0.050, **p < 0.010, ***p < 0.001