Table 2.

Correlations between health related QoL (IBS-36, physical and mental component of SF-36), anxiety (STAI-T and VSI), symptom severity, and suffering (SIS and IPM).

Scale	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.
1. IBS-36	−.32∗	−.29†	.27†	.45 ∗∗	.44 ∗∗	−.24	.27†
2. SF-36 PC		.50 ∗∗	−.48 ∗∗	−.38 ∗	−.29†	.16	−.27†
3. SF-36 MC			−.48 ∗∗	−.34 ∗	−.17	.07	−.33 ∗
4. STAI-T				.47 ∗∗	.18	−.22	.28†
5. VSI					.31 ∗	−.37 ∗	.34 ∗
6. Symptom severity						−.20	.37 ∗
7. SIS							−.35 ∗
8. IPM							—

^† p < .10; ^∗p < .05; ^∗∗p < .01.