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Table 1 Correlations of Acceptance scales and Coping strategies with Pain, Number of symptoms, Fibromyalgia impact, General health, Anxiety and Depression (N = 167)

From: Relationship between behavioural coping strategies and acceptance in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: Elucidating targets of interventions

 

Activity engagement

Pain willingness

Pain

(VAS)

Number of symptoms

Physical functioning

General health

Vitality

Social functioning

Fibromyalgia

Impact

Anxiety

Depression

Acceptance- measures

           

Activity engagement

  

-0.42** c

-0.20**

0.44** c

0.41** c

0.33** c

0.50** c

-0.62** c

-0.42** c

-0.53** c

Pain willingness

0.28** c

 

-0.32** c

-0.14

0.34** c

0.35** c

0.28** c

0.17*

-0.32** c

-0.31** c

-0.27** c

Coping strategies

           

Guarding

-0.42** c

-0.29** c

0.28** c

0.16*

-0.46** c

-0.30** c

-0.34** c

-0.35** c

0.49** c

0.25** b

0.28** c

Resting

-0.45** c

-0.37** c

0.34**

0.22**

-0.29** c

-0.28** c

-0.39** c

-0.39** c

0.54** c

0.35** c

0.41** c

Asking for assistance

-0.35** c

-0.19*

0.23** a

0.15*

-0.33** c

-0.24** b

-0.33** c

-0.18*

0.42** c

0.17*

0.22**

Relaxation

-0.06

-0.25** b

0.01

0.30** c

-0.18*

-0.14

-0.07

-0.14

0.10

0.05

-0.02

Task persistence

0.49** c

0.17*

-0.34** c

-0.10

0.35** c

0.24** b

0.21**

0.30** c

-0.37** c

-0.30** c

-0.37** c

Exercise/Stretch

0.08

-0.11

-0.01

0.11

-0.00

0.06

0.04

0.00

0.05

0.00

-0.07

Seeking social support

-0.14

-0.21**

0.17*

0.09

-0.20**

-0.07

-0.10

0.01

0.20**

0.21**

0.02

Coping self-statements

0.10

-0.08

-0.10

0.08

-0.02

0.21**

0.06

0.08

-0.06

-0.11

-0.24**

  1. Note: Pain was assessed with a 100 mm visual analogue scale, Number of symptoms with standardised symptom checklist, General functioning with some of the SF-36 subscales, the Fibromyalgia impact with the FIQ, and Anxiety and Depression with the HADS.
  2. *p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05; Bonferroni-corrected p values; a = 0.003125 (0.05/16); b = 0.0028 (0.05/18); c = 0.00069 (0.05/72).