Table 12.

Pearson’s correlation coefficient values (r) for QoL (EORTC QLQ-C30 and BR23) and illness perception (MEDIS).

QLQ-C30 and BR-23	MEDIS
	SC	MD	PD	IN	SW
QL	−0.362	−0.276	−0.184	−0.215	−0.309
PF	−0.394	−0.279	−0.212	−0.203	−0.327
RF	−0.378	−0.267	−0.217	−0.234	−0.347
EF	−0.363	−0.353	−0.124	−0.192	−0.303
CF	−0.316	−0.212	−0.073	−0.184	−0.298
SF	−0.500	−0.426	−0.289	−0.221	−0.430
FA	0.285	0.178	0.287	0.254	0.191
NV	0.402	0.280	0.149	0.168	0.343
PA	0.323	0.227	0.179	0.144	0.243
DY	0.201	0.173	0.069	0.102	0.271
SL	0.134	0.178	0.170	0.065	0.140
AP	0.329	0.220	0.119	0.156	0.252
CO	0.268	0.225	0.177	0.070	0.300
DI	0.296	0.213	0.177	0.184	0.270
FI	0.378	0.314	0.135	0.138	0.377
BRBI	−0.383	−0.387	−0.174	−0.104	−0.384
BRSEF	−0.402	−0.346	−0.189	−0.083	−0.366
BRSEE	−0.207	−0.078	−0.067	0.075	−0.178
BRFU	−0.224	−0.270	−0.173	−0.260	−0.145
BRST	0.377	0.270	0.167	0.205	0.283
BRBS	0.367	0.329	0.195	0.213	0.374
BRAS	0.374	0.388	0.236	0.164	0.316
BRHL	0.362	0.276	0.184	0.215	0.309

Illness perception: SC—self-realization constraints; MD—mental dysfunction; PD—physical dysfunction; IN—infection; SW—social withdrawal; linear correlation coefficients other than zero at p < 0.05 are marked in bold.