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Table 3 Mini-MAC correlations with HADS, EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-H&N35 and age, one month and 12 months after start of treatment

From: Mental adjustment to cancer and its relation to anxiety, depression, HRQL and survival in patients with laryngeal cancer - A longitudinal study

 

Anxious Preoccupation

Cognitive Avoidance

Fatalism

Fighting Spirit

Helpless-Hopeless

HAD - Anxiety

   1 month

0.66 (<0.0001)

-0.11

-0.12

-0.17

0.50 (<0.0001)

   12 months

0.59 (<0.0001)

-0.16

-0.11

-0.36 (0.002)

0.58 (<0.0001)

HAD-Depression

   1 month

0.56 (<0.0001)

-0.32

-0.09

-0.14

0.52 (<0.0001)

   12 months

0.58 (<0.0001)

-0.14

-0.06

-0.20

0.62 (<0.0001)

EORTC QLQ-C30

     

Emotional functioning

   1 month

-0.63 (<0.0001)

0.02

0.02

0.11

-0.46 (<0.0001)

   12 months

-0.52 (<0.0001)

0.10

0.14

0.31 (0.008)

-0.49 (<0.0001)

Cognitive functioning

   1 month

-0.39 (<0.0001)

0.01

0.13

0.13

-0.34 (0.0007)

   12 months

-0.45 (<0.0001)

0.06

0.16

0.35 (0.003)

-0.30 (0.01)

Social functioning

   1 month

-0.36 (0.0003)

0.09

0.02

-0.03

-0.34 (0.0007)

   12 months

-0.44 (0.0001)

0.17

0.18

-0.08

-0.33 (0.004)

Global QoL

   1 month

-0.39 (<0.0001)

-0.035

-0.03

-0.03

-0.30 (0.003)

   12 months

-0.56 (<0.0001)

-0.12

0.15

-0.37 (0.002)

-0.53 (<0.0001)

Pain

   1 month

0.41 (<0.0001)

-0.06

0.13

0.08

0.36 (0.0004)

   12 months

0.28 (0.018)

-0.15

-0.03

-0.15

0.24 (0.039)

  1. Spearman correlation coefficients (significant p-value).
  2. Number of false significances is calculated to 2.