Table 2.

Correlations between illness perception scales after diagnosis and HRQoL, anxiety and depression after 6, 12, and 24 months

	Endometrial cancer									Ovarian cancer
Illness perceptions after treatment	Symptoms experienced			Concerns			Emotional impact			Lower treatment trust
Months after treatment, outcome variables	6	18	24	6	18	24	6	18	24	6	18	24

N	158	147	128	158	147	128	158	147	128	124	101	75
Global quality of life	− 0.24	− 0.25*	− 0.21	− 0.25*	− 0.29*	− 0.34*	− 0.29*	− 0.29*	− 0.29*	− 0.42*	− 0.40*	− 0.36*
Function scales
Physical functioning	− 0.22	− 0.19	− 0.24	− 0.14	− 0.21	− 0.19	− 0.18	− 0.22	− 0.18	− 0.24	− 0.16	− 0.16
Role functioning	− 0.06	− 0.20	− 0.28*	− 0.09	− 0.15	− 0.36*	− 0.22	− 0.13	− 0.25	− 0.27	− 0.18	− 0.25
Emotional functioning	− 0.34*	− 0.21	− 0.32*	− 0.32*	− 0.24	− 0.38*	− 0.38*	− 0.29*	− 0.41*	− 0.28*	− 0.15	− 0.27
Cognitive functioning	− 0.17	− 0.07	− 0.25	− 0.14	− 0.17	− 0.28*	− 0.17	− 0.06	− 0.22	− 0.19	− 0.29	− 0.34
Social functioning	− 0.41*	− 0.28*	− 0.32*	− 0.23	− 0.29*	− 0.38*	− 0.33*	− 0.27*	− 0.27*	− 0.16	− 0.07	− 0.26
Symptom scales
Fatigue	0.36*	0.28*	0.34*	0.26	0.26	0.37	0.35*	0.31*	0.32*	0.26	0.14	0.29
Nausea and vomiting	0.13	0.21	0.24	0.06	0.05	0.14	0.15	0.09	0.12	0.14	0.15	0.33
Pain	0.23	0.17	0.26	0.20	0.23	0.39*	0.22	0.20	0.26	0.28*	0.19	0.33
Dyspnea	0.18	0.19	0.11	0.07	0.14	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.20	0.20	0.02	0.23
Insomnia	0.32*	0.17	0.25	0.23	0.19*	0.28*	0.30*	0.22	0.26	0.31*	0.20	0.18
Appetite loss	0.28*	0.16	0.23	0.18	0.03	0.28*	0.27*	0.14	0.24	0.22	0.09	0.44*
Constipation	0.04	0.03	0.09	0.11	0.02	0.22	0.14	0.08	0.22	0.21	0.21	0.14
Diarrhea	0.18	0.11	0.13	0.15	0.11	0.05	0.21	0.08	0.14	0.06	< 0.01	0.13
Financial difficulties	0.30*	0.20*	0.20	0.17	0.08	0.11	0.21	0.10	0.08	0.16	0.09	− 0.08
Anxiety	0.30*	0.33*	0.34*	0.41*	0.45*	0.46*	0.46*	0.47*	0.45*	0.39*	0.31	0.24
Depression	0.39*	0.28*	0.23*	0.35*	0.35*	0.36*	0.39*	0.33*	0.34*	0.40*	0.25	0.38*

Pearson’s correlations were estimated between illness perceptions measured after diagnosis, and outcome variables after diagnosis and 6, 12, and 24 months after diagnosis. Only the illness perception items were included that have earlier been associated with trial allocation

^*p < 0.003 (adjusted for Bonferroni correction 0.05/1)