Psycho-demographic profile in severe asthma and effect of emotional mood disorders and hyperventilation syndrome on quality of life

Table 5 Correlations between anxiety, depression, alexithymia and quality of life

	HADS		TAS-20		Nijmegen		ACT
	Correlation	p	Correlation	p	Correlation	p	Correlation	p
Mini-AQLQ total	− 0.302	0.016	− 0.264	0.036	− 0.317	0.011	0.237	0.61
Mini-AQLQ symptoms	− 0.284	0.024	− 0.299	0.017	− 0.312	0.013	0.203	0.110
Mini-AQLQ limitation of activity	− 0.206	0.105	− 0.153	0.230	− 0.154	0.229	0.288	0.022
Mini-AQLQ emotional function	− 0.358	0.004	− 0.305	0.015	− 0.327	0.009	0.72	0.573
Mini-AQLQ environmental stimuli	− 0.147	0.251	− 0.106	0.410	− 0.309	0.014	0.225	0.76

ACT asthma control test, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Mini-AQLQ Reduced version of the Asthma
Quality of Life Questionnaire; TAS-20: Toronto Alexithymia Scale

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