Table 5.

Relation between satisfaction with social support and quality of life.

	Satisfaction with social support received
	Family			Partner			Friends			Health professionals
EORTC QLQ-C30	Emo	Instru	Info	Emo	Instru	Info	Emo	Instru	Info	Emo	Instru	Info
Global health	0.247**	138	0.176*	0.248**	0.154*	0.191*	0.255**	0.225**	0.258**	0.150*	0.176*	−0.277**
Functioning scales
Physical functioning	0.128	0.036	0.082	0.207*	0.083	0.151	0.065	0.022	0.053	0.031	0.095	0.063
Role functioning	−0.017	−0.130	−0.070	0.076	−0.022	−0.034	0.032	0.007	0.002	0.030	0.022	0.006
Emotional functioning	0.249**	0.210**	0.240**	0.305**	0.231**	0.190*	0.170*	0.216**	0.207**	0.268**	0.231**	0.241**
Cognitive functioning	0.290**	0.266**	0.279**	0.321**	0.220**	0.266**	0.212**	0.214**	0.184*	0.319**	0.334**	0.313**
Social functioning	0.147*	0.004	0.039	0.200*	0.132	0.075	0.110	0.067	0.084	0.120	0.091	0.104
Symptom scale
Fatigue	−0.189*	−0.139*	−0.190*	−0.340**	−0.239**	−0.233**	−0.148*	−0.153*	−0.165*	−0.184*	−0.226**	−0.205**
Nausea and vomiting	0.006	−0.001	0.034	−0.162*	−0.115	−0.105	−0.014	−0.002	0.032	0.032	0.011	0.021
Pain	−0.154*	−0.127	−0.089	−0.108	−0.061	0.040	−0.094	−0.083	−0.052	−0.138	−0.139*	−0.165*
Dyspnoea	−0.053	−0.018	−0.117	−0.353**	−0.219**	−0.239**	−0.030	−0.020	0.004	−0.005	−0.024	−0.039
Insomnia	−0.130	−0.113	−0.162*	−0.130	−0.088	−0.107	−0.066	−0.096	−0.066	−0.073	−0.042	−0.073
Loss of appetite	−0.019	0.064	−0.070	−0.088	0.012	−0.022	−0.012	0.003	−0.040	−0.014	−0.010	−0.031
Constipation	−0.062	−0.003	0.050	−0.154*	−0.047	−0.012	−0.048	−0.035	0.008	0.045	−0.032	0.042
Diarrhoea	0.015	0.079	−0.036	−0.238**	−0.181*	−0.116	−0.054	−0.042	_-0.066	−0.052	−0.019	−0.109
Financial difficulties	−0.022	0.055	−0.010	−0.067	−0.054	−0.026	−0.126	−0.101	−0.160*	−0.026	−0.021	−0.006

^*p ≤ 0.05;

^**p ≤ 0.01.