Illness beliefs among patients with chronic widespread pain - associations with self-reported health status, anxiety and depressive symptoms and impact of pain

Table 4 Correlations^a between dimensions of IPQ-R^b, HADS^c and SF-36^d in patients with CWP (n = 152)

IPQ-R dimensions		PCS	MCS	BP^e
Identity	n = 95	−.278*	−.370**	−.410**
Timeline acute/chronic	n = 143	−.126	−.120	−.130
Timeline cyclic	n = 149	.108	−.052	.064
Consequences	n = 145	−.360**	−.484**	−.473**
Personal control	n = 141	.299**	.129	.234**
Treatment control	n = 145	.216*	.097	.165*
Illness coherence	n = 144	.072	.044	.108
Emotional representation	n = 145	−.036	−.570**	−.244**
Anxiety symptoms	n = 149	.126	−.729**	−.231**
Depressive symptoms	n = 148	−.047	−.788**	−.374**

^aSpearman’s Rank Order Correlation
^bIPQ-R, Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised
^cHADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
^dSF-36, Short-Form General Health Survey; MCS, Mental Component Summary score; PCS, Physical Component Summary score; BP, Bodily Pain
^eBodily Pain is a dimension of PCS
*p < 0.05
**p < 0.01

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