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Table 1 Correlation analyses between oral symptoms and psychological variables

From: The effect of cognitive appraisal for stressors on the oral health-related QOL of dry mouth patients

 

POMS

CARS

Depression

Anxiety

Effect

Threat

Commitment

Controllability

Subjective oral dryness

0.09 n.s.

0.21*

0.24*

0.19†

0.33***

-0.03 n.s.

   

(0.15) n.s.

(0.12) n.s.

(0.27)**

(-0.20) n.s.

OHP-14

0.37***

0.48***

0.37***

0.38***

0.41***

0.03 n.s.

   

(0.22)*

(0.23)*

(0.31)**

(0.08) n.s.

  1. Number in parentheses represents the partial correlation coefficient to control the effect of tension-anxiety and depression-dejection on POMS-B.
  2. †p < 0.10, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.