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Table 3 Correlation between anxiety, depression and perceived social support with quality of life (N = 221)

From: Anxiety, depression, perceived social support and quality of life in Malaysian breast cancer patients: a 1-year prospective study

Time point: Baseline

 

HADS

MSPSS

 

Anxiety subscale

Depression subscale

Significant other

Family

Friends

Total

 

R

pr 1

r

pr 1

r

pr 2

r

pr 2

r

pr 2

r

pr 2

QLQ-C30

 Global health status/QoL

−0.28**

−0.29**

−0.22**

−0.21**

0.27**

0.29

0.26**

0.24**

0.28**

0.25**

0.31**

0.30**

HADS

 Anxiety subscale

-

-

-

-

−0.08

-

−0.074

-

−0.15*

-

−0.12

-

 Depression subscale

-

-

-

-

−0.13*

-

−0.09

-

−0.19*

-

−0.17*

-

Time point: 6 months

QLQ-C30

 Global health status/QoL

-.286**

−0.24**

−0.32**

−0.28

0.31**

0.24**

0.28**

0.21**

0.35**

0.27**

0.36**

0.27**

HADS

 Anxiety subscale

-

-

-

-

−0.13

-

−0.11

-

−0.19*

-

−0.16*

-

 Depression subscale

-

-

-

-

−0.17*

-

−0.12

-

−0.20*

-

−018*

-

Time point: 12 months

QLQ-C30

 Global health status/QoL

−0.38**

−0.31**

−0.38**

−0.27**

0.29**

0.23**

0.27**

0.17*

0.25**

0.17*

0.31**

0.22**

HADS

 Anxiety subscale

-

-

-

-

−0.32**

-

−0.35**

-

−0.30**

-

−0.35**

-

 Depression subscale

-

-

-

-

−0.38**

-

−0.41**

-

−0.35**

-

−0.40**

-

  1. HADS = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, MSPSS = Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, QLQ–C30 = Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (QLQ–C30), Version 3.0 of the EORTC Study Group on Quality of Life; QLQ–BR23 Questionnaire = a breast cancer-specific module for the QLQ, r = Spearman correlation coefficient, pr 1 = partial correlation controlling for MSPSS scores, pr 2 = partial correlation controlling for HADS scores; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05