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Table 3 Pearson's correlation coefficients among SF-36 physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS), defensive coping score, depression score and anxiety score in chronic kidney disease patients (N = 98).

From: Defensive coping and health-related quality of life in chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

 

1

2

3

4

5

1. Physical component summary

1

    

2. Mental component summary

0.284**

1

   

3. Defensive coping score a

0.039

-0.384**

1

  

4. Depression score b

-0.532**

-0.738**

0.236*

1

 

5. Anxiety score c

-0.394**

-0.554**

0.065

0.638**

1

  1. a Scores on the Rationality/Emotional Defensiveness (R/ED) scale (range: 12-48) of the Lifestyle Defense Mechanism Inventory (LDMI).
  2. b,c Scores on the depression (range: 0-4) and the anxiety (range: 0-4) scales of the 90-item revised Hopkins Symptom CheckList (SCL-90-R).
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01