Dignity and psychosocial related variables in elderly advanced cancer patients

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Pearson’s correlations between psychological, socio-demographic and clinical variables

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. PPDS. Dignity	1
2. BSI. Anxiety	−0.533^**	1
3. BSI. Depression	−0.591^**	0.769**	1
4. DUKE. Social Support	0.385^**	−0.041	−0.142	1
5. EORTC-QLQ-C30. Functional scale	0.589^**	−0.560^**	−0.586^**	0.174*	1
6. Sex: male	−0.190^*	0.199^**	0.258^**	0.129	−0.205^**	1
7. Higher educational level	0.159^*	−0.231^**	−0.158^*	− 0.047	0.196^**	− 0.022	1
8. Estimated survival ≥18 months	0.156^*	−.022	−0.078	0.115	0.208^**	−0.006	0.144	1

Abbreviations: PPDS Palliative Patient’s Dignity Scale, BSI Brief Symptom Inventory, DUKE Duke–UNC-11 Functional Social Support Questionnaire, EORTC-QLQ-C30 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life C-30 questionnaire
*p < 0.01 (two-tailed); **p < 0.001 (two-tailed)

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