Table 6.

Relation between age, time since diagnosis, resilience and optimism variables and quality of life.

EORTC QLQ-C30	Age	Time since initial diagnosis	Resilience	Optimism
Global health	0.121	−0.022	0.377**	0.271**
Functioning scales
Physical Functioning	0.046	−0.025	0.143*	0.130
Role functioning	0.075	0.022	0.195*	0.171*
Emotional functioning	0.173*	0.017	0.497**	0.408**
Cognitive functioning	0.231**	−0.099	0.383**	0.265**
Social functioning	0.107	−0.004	0.480**	0.271**
Symptom scale
Fatigue	−0.152*	0.048	−0.325	−0.277**
Nausea and vomiting	0.034	−0.041	−0.069	−0.106
Pain	−0.002	0.201**	−0.170*	−0.162*
Dyspnoea	−0.082	−0.058	−0.181*	−0.211**
Insomnia	−0.045	0.063	−0.201**	−0.159*
Loss of appetite	0.158*	−0.061	−0.317**	−0.092
Constipation	0.084	0.006	−0.073	0.029
Diarrhoea	−0.171*	−0.008	−0.253**	−0.181*
Financial diff.	−0.083	−0.069	−0.195*	−0.103

^*p ≤ 0.05;

^**p ≤ 0.01.