Table 3.

TThe correlations between factors of the BARQ-T and questionnaires/scales.

Questionnaires/Scales	BARQ-T factors
	Function		Mood		Feelings		Awareness
	r	(P)	r	(P)	r	(P)	r	(P)
Pain severity (VAS)	–0.083	0.415	0.171	0.091	0.058	0.566	0.076	0.457
Disability(ODI)	–0.340	0.001**	–0.092	0.365	–0.106	0.295	–0.301	0.003**
Alexithymia (TAS)	–0.271	0.007**	–0.336	0.001*	–0.394	0.000**	–0.216	0.032*
QoL (SF-36)
Physical functioning	0.452	0.000**	0.176	0.082	0.220	0.029*	0.408	0.000**
Role physical	0.483	0.000*	0.169	0.094	0.246	0.014*	0.301	0.003*
Role emotional	0.411	0.000**	0.231	0.022*	0.335	0.001*	0.216	0.033*
Vitality	0.384	0.000**	0.181	0.073*	0.339	0.001**	0.147	0.150
Mental health	0.343	0.001**	0.113	0.264	0.334	0.001 **	0.197	0.052
Social functioning	0.408	0.000**	0.261	0.009**	0.341	0.001**	0.107	0.295
Bodily pain	0.434	0.000**	0.137	0.178	0.254	0.011*	0.273	0.007**
General health	0.502	0.000**	0.311	0.002**	0.382	0.000**	0.337	0.001**

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.001, VAS: Visual analog scale, ODI: Oswestry disability index, TAS: Toronto alexithymia scale, QoL: Quality of life.