Table 2 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between RS-SCs and potential anchors at baseline (T₀, N = 765)

r (95%CI)

P

r (95%CI)

P

QoL GHS

55.73 (20.62)

0–100

1

NA

0.54 (0.48 to 0.59)

< 0.001

0.51 (0.45 to 0.57)

< 0.001

QoL PF

64.86 (29.37)

0–100

5

0.85

0.39 (0.32 to 0.45)

< 0.001

0.38 (0.31 to 0.44)

< 0.001

QoL RF

47.89 (19.89)

0–100

2

0.79

0.56 (0.50 to 0.61)

< 0.001

0.53 (0.47 to 0.58)

< 0.001

QoL EF

40.54 (16.91)

0–100

4

0.86

0.65 (0.60 to 0.69)

< 0.001

0.60 (0.55 to 0.65)

< 0.001

QoL CF

58.97 (21.12)

0–100

2

0.74

0.53 (0.47 to 0.58)

< 0.001

0.52 (0.46 to 0.57)

< 0.001

QoL SF

68.78 (30.66)

0–100

2

0.76

0.61 (0.56 to 0.66)

< 0.001

0.57 (0.51 to 0.62)

< 0.001

CD-RISC-25

46.34 (21.88)

0–100

25

0.83

0.64 (0.59 to 0.68)

< 0.001

0.59 (0.54 to 0.64)

< 0.001

CD-RISC-10

18.85 (6.93)

0–40

10

0.85

0.73 (0.69 to 0.76)

< 0.001

0.67 (0.62 to 0.71)

< 0.001

CD-RISC-2

3.48 (1.46)

0–8

2

0.74

0.51 (0.45 to 0.57)

< 0.001

0.48 (0.42 to 0.54)

< 0.001

HADS total

18.08 (6.95)

0–42

14

0.80

− 0.59 (− 0.64 to − 0.54)

< 0.001

− 0.56 (− 0.61 to − 0.50)

< 0.001

HADS-A

8.43 (3.12)

0–21

7

0.84

− 0.46 (− 0.52 to − 0.40)

< 0.001

− 0.45 (− 0.51 to − 0.39)

< 0.001

HADS-D

9.65 (3.89)

0–21

7

0.87

− 0.68 (− 0.72 to − 0.64)

< 0.001

− 0.59 (− 0.64 to − 0.54)

< 0.001

ALI

5.86 (2.87)

0–14

14

NA

− 0.45 (− 0.51 to − 0.39)

< 0.001

− 0.43 (− 0.49 to − 0.36)

< 0.001