Table 3.

Relationship between quality of life and psychological symptoms.

	M	SD	IES-r	HAS	HDS
			Spearman Statistic
Mobility (EQ 1st item)	1.93	1.13	.24	0.23	0.58**
Self - care (EQ 2nd item)	1.59	1.27	.30	0.09	0.23
Usual activities (EQ 3rd item)	2.24	1.41	.30	0.26	0.53**
Pain or discomfort (EQ 4th item)	2.24	1.06	.23	0.40*	0.55**
Anxiety or depression (EQ 5th item)	2.17	1.04	.42*	0.58**	0.77**
VAS1	71.72	21.60	-.39*	-0.42*	-0.75**

N=29; ^*p<0.05, ^**p<0.01; IES-r=impact of event scale-revised, HAS=anxiety subscale of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), HDS=depression subscale of HADS, EQ=EuroQoL, VAS=visual analogue scale; ¹Pearson’s correlation was used.