Table 3.

Correlation among the anxiety, stress, depression, quality of life, and patient activation measure in chronic patients (n = 293).

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
(1) Anxiety	1
(2) Stress	0.72∗∗	1
(3) Depression	0.67∗∗	0.64∗∗	1
(4) Physical health subscale of QOL	-0.36∗∗	-0.32∗∗	-0.39∗∗	1
(5) Psychological subscale of QOL	-0.16∗∗	-0.11	-0.22∗∗	0.53∗∗	1
(6) Social relationship subscale of QOL	-0.26∗∗	-0.2∗∗	-0.32∗∗	0.54∗∗	0.58∗∗	1
(7) Environmental subscale of QOL	-0.25∗∗	-0.18∗∗	-0.3∗∗	0.49∗∗	0.66∗∗	0.61∗∗	1
(8) General QOL	-0.3∗∗	-0.26∗∗	-0.38∗∗	0.8∗∗	0.82∗∗	0.86∗∗	0.89∗∗	1
(9) PAM	-0.11	-0.13∗	-0.13∗	0.22∗∗	0.22∗∗	0.11	0.20∗∗	0.22∗∗

Data were presented as Pearson's correlation coefficient. ^∗P < 0.05; ^∗∗P < 0.01. QOL = quality of life.