A Measure of Suffering in relation to Anxiety and Quality of Life in IBS Patients: Preliminary Results

Table 2

Correlations between health related QoL (IBS-36, physical and mental component of SF-36), anxiety (STAI-T and VSI), symptom severity, and suffering (SIS and IPM).

Scale	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.
1. IBS-36	−.32	−.29	.27	.45	.44	−.24	.27
2. SF-36 PC		.50	−.48	−.38	−.29	.16	−.27
3. SF-36 MC			−.48	−.34	−.17	.07	−.33
4. STAI-T				.47	.18	−.22	.28
5. VSI					.31	−.37	.34
6. Symptom severity						−.20	.37
7. SIS							−.35
8. IPM							—

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