Table 3. Correlations of TAS-20, TAS-A, TAS-B and TAS-C scores with BASDAI, BASFI, ASQoL and BASMI scores.
TAS-20 | TAS-A | TAS-B | TAS-C | |||||
r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
BASDAI | 0.243 | 0.074 | 0.270 | 0.046* | 0.124 | 0.368 | 0.045 | 0.745 |
BASFI | 0.158 | 0.248 | 0.214 | 0.116 | -0.049 | 0.724 | 0.043 | 0.757 |
ASQoL | 0.222 | 0.104 | 0.249 | 0.067 | 0.208 | 0.127 | -0.053 | 0.702 |
BASMI | 0.249 | 0.067 | 0.160 | 0.242 | 0.038 | 0.782 | 0.159 | 0.248 |
TAS: Toronto Alexithymia Scale; BASDAI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; BASFI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index; ASQoL: Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Questionnaire; BASMI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index; r: Spearman rho Coefficient of Correlation; * p<0.05. |