Coping with age-related hearing loss: patient-caregiver dyad effects on quality of life

Table 2 Paired t test correlations between QoL and coping strategies

		Patients’ QoL (WHOQoL scores)				Caregivers’ QoL (WHOQoL scores)
		Physical	Psychol.	Social	Environ.	Physical	Psychol.	Social	Environ.
Patients’ coping (BriefCope)	Social support	−0,035	0,000	0,138 ^**	0,105 ^*	0,040	0,059	0,002	0,149 ^**
	Problem-solving	0,263 ^**	0,343 ^**	0,182 ^**	0,293 ^**	0,076	0,107 ^*	0,071	0,121 ^*
	Avoidance	−0,227 ^**	−0,342 ^**	−0,221 ^**	− 0,166 ^**	0,012	− 0,043	− 0,058	−0,076
	Positive-thinking	0,271 ^**	0,384 ^**	0,296 ^**	0,327 ^**	0,112 ^*	0,114 ^*	0,128 ^**	0,130 ^**
Caregivers’coping (BriefCope)	Social support	0,100 ^*	0,113 ^*	−0,012	0,098 ^*	0,021	0,012	0,060	0,087
	Problem-solving	0,021	0,040	0,098 ^*	0,078	0,304 ^**	0,386 ^**	0,223 ^**	0,290 ^**
	Avoidance	−0,065	−0,021	-0,056	-0,059	-0,134 ^**	-0,239 ^**	-0,079	-0,093
	Positive-thinking	-0,039	-0,015	0,004	0,030	0,287 ^**	0,458 ^**	0,254 ^**	0,300 ^**

BriefCope higher the scores, higher use of the strategy, WHOQoL higher the scores, higher the QoL, Bold values significant correlation; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01

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