Table 5 Descriptive statistics and correlations between psychosocial variables and HRQL components and SWB, for subgroups of disease

Psychosocial Variables

Disp. Optimism (DOp)

20.1 (4.14)

20.77 (4.47)

21.61 (3.54)

0.40*

0.40*

0.35*

0.37*

0.41*

0.35*

0.18*

0.22*

0.23*

0.40*

0.40*

0.44*

Positive Affect (PA)

2.86 (0.79)

3.01 (0.79)

3.02 (0.76)

0.44*

0.27*

0.43*

0.33*

0.33*

0.32*

0.25*

0.097

0.33*

0.35*

0.27*

0.41*

Negative Affect (NA)

2.08 (0.82)

1.83 (0.68)

1.86 (0.66)

−0.47*

−0.51*

−0.44*

−0.59*

−0.61*

−0.50*

−0.34*

−0.40*

−0.34*

−0.42*

−0.35*

−0.41*

Spirituality (Sp)

2.65 (0.77)

2.63 (0.74)

2.88 (0.71)

0.21*

0.13

0.16*

0.16*

0.06

0.20^&

0.01

−0.05

0.09

0.42*

0.30*

0.48*

Social Support (SS)

66.74 (21.44)

71.34 (20.37)

69.10 (21.97)

0.37*

0.12

0.30*

0.35*

0.21*

0.31*

0.28*

−0.004

0.29*

0.48*

0.25*

0.27*

Treatment Adherence (TA)

5.22 (0.59)

5.51 (0.44)

5.64 (0.41)

0.15*

0.06

0.22*

0.18*

0.22*

0.16*

0.18*

0.16*

0.17*

0.14*

0.12

0.60&

Quality of Life Variables

General well-being (GWB)

45.59 (19.21)

52.01 (16.78)

55.17 (18.60)

-

-

-

0.68*

0.58*

0.66*

0.71*

0.64*

0.74*

0.56*

0.50*

0.54*

Mental health (MH)

62.63 (25.90)

70.46 (22.82)

69.98 (24.97)

0.71*

0.58*

0.66*

-

-

-

0.64*

0.60*

0.67*

0.51*

0.44*

0.48*

Physical health (PH)

59.83 (28.14)

68.06 (24.26)

67.37 (24.41)

0.68*

0.64*

0.74*

0.64*

0.60*

0.67*

-

-

-

0.39*

0.41*

0.49*

Subjective well-being (SWB)

60.42 (17.84)

65.27 (15.50)

67.52 (16.16)

0.56*

0.50*

0.54*

0.51*

0.44*

0.48*

0.39*

0.41*

0.49*

-

-

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