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Table 3 Correlation among SDs, hope and QOL

From: The impact of symptom distress on health-related quality of life in liver cancer patients receiving arterial chemoembolization: the mediating role of hope

 

QOL

Hope

SDs

Variables

r

P

r

p

R

p

Hope

0.78

< 0.001

    

SDs

− 0.54

< 0.001

− 0.48

< 0.001

  

Age

− 0.04

0.693

0.03

0.769

− 0.18

0.086

Duration (months)

0.20

0.051

0.18

0.079

− 0.09

0.375

Number of TACE treatments

0.14

0.189

0.10

0.333

0.01

0.983

Length of hospital stay (days)

− 0.59

< 0.001

− 0.39

< 0.001

0.76

< 0.001

  1. Note: SDs = Symptom distress, TACE = Trans-hepatic arterial chemoembolization; QOL = quality of life