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Table 3 Zero-order correlations between demographic characteristics, illness perceptions and depression (HADS-D) and anxiety (HADS-A) (n =95)

From: The contribution of illness perception to psychological distress in heart failure patients

Personal characteristic

Depression (HADS-D)

Anxiety (HADS-A)

Socio-demographic variables:

  

 Age

-.096

-.126

 Gender

.092

.007

 Education

-.202

-.314**

Functional status:

  

 NYHA class

.158

.243*

Illness perceptions:

  

 Timeline acute/chronic

.077

.064

 Timeline cyclical

.079

.210

Consequences

.034

.149

 Personal control

-.371**

-.305**

 Treatment control

-.180

.019

 Identity

.214

.225

 Illness coherence

-.043

-.083

 Emotional representations

.200

.326**

  1. **p < .01, *p < .05.