Table 2.

The relationship between the perceived threat of the risk of graft rejection (PTGR) and Psychological General Well‐being (PGWB) as well as Self‐efficacy in chronic illness 1–5 year after lung transplantation (N = 112)

PTGR each follow‐up	PGWB‐sum score	Anxiety	Depression	Psychological well‐being	Self‐control	General Health	Vitality	Self‐efficacy
1 year N = 32
GRT	−0.337	−0.314	−0.162	−0.263	−0.293	−0.336	−0.245	−0.473 **
IA	−0.542 *	−0.589 **	−0.613 **	−0.517 **	−0.609 **	−0.388 *	−260	−0.571 **
LOC	−0.263	−0.176	‐0.343	−0.353 *	−0.157	−0.224	−290	−0.368 *
2 years N = 28
GRT	0.056	0.193	0.029	−0.003	0.013	0.287	−0.074	0.293
IA	−0.290	−0.320	−0.268	−0.019	−0.319	−0.161	−0.287	−0.272
LOC	−0.161	−0.009	−0.200	−0.119	−0.276	−0.185	−0.074	−0.266
3 years N = 22
GRT	−0.351	−0.385	−0.381	−0.275	−0.244	−0.363	−0.413	−0.482
IA	−0.245	−0.405	−0.257	−0.134	−0.054	−0.249	−0.241	−0.570 **
LOC	0.015	−0.058	−0.344	−0.033	−0.154	0.010	0.006	0.022
4 years N = 19
GRT	0.109	0.109	0.031	0.240	0.094	−0.106	0.167	0.203
IA	−0.533 *	−0.551 *	−0.243	−0.130	−0.559 *	−0.617 **	−0.556 *	−0.259
LOC	−0.241	−0.310	0.046	0.009	−0.110	−0.288	−0.193	−0.099
5 years N = 11
GRT	−0.401	−0.434	−0.229	−0.397	−0.051	−0.508	−0.353	−0.274
IA	−0.820 **	−0.780 **	−0.872 **	−801 **	−0.644 *	−0.776 **	−790 **	−0.545
LOC	−0.587	−0.380	−0.400	−0.641 *	−0.116	−0.647 *	−0.490	−0.550

The PTGR includes three dimensions, i.e., graft‐related threat (GRT), intrusive anxiety (IA) and lack of control (LOC). Correlation values that were significant are marked in bold.

^* p < 0.005.

^** p ≤ 0.001.