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. 2022 Jan 27;9(2):1322–1331. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1177

TABLE 4.

The correlations between uncertainty in illness and anxiety, depression, quality of life in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis (N = 396)

Variable Uncertainty in illness Ambiguity Complexity Inconsistency Unpredictability
Anxiety 0.416*** 0.398*** 0.304*** 0.352*** 0.168***
Depression 0.434*** 0.408*** 0.393*** 0.297*** 0.213***
Quality of Life
Social functioning −0.350*** −0.343*** −0.181*** −0.303*** −0.187***
General health −0.426*** −0.390*** −0.327*** −0.339*** −0.239***
Physical functioning −0.231*** −0.236*** −0.188*** −0.124* −0.124*
Role physical −0.348*** −0.348*** −0.148*** −0.337*** −0.113*
Vitality −0.386*** −0.348*** −0.335*** −0.254*** −0.267***
Mental health −0.229*** −0.198*** −0.267*** −0.105* −0.171**
Role emotional −0.290*** −0.299*** −0.182*** −0.249*** −0.077
Bodily pain −0.278*** −0.258*** −0.161** −0.267*** −0.143**

* p < .05,** p < .01,*** p < .001