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Table 4 Correlation between forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) percentage of predicted, depression, anxiety and alexithymia.

From: Prevalence of alexithymia and its association with anxiety and depression in a sample of Greek chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) outpatients

  

FEV1 percentage of predicted

BDI

STAI

BDI (depression)

Pearson correlation

0.085

  
 

Significance (two-tailed)

0.424

  
 

N

167

  

STAI (anxiety)

Pearson correlation

0.068

0.805*

 
 

Significance (two-tailed)

0.523

0.000

 
 

N

167

167

 

TAS-20 (alexithymia)

Pearson correlation

-0.026

0.510*

0.392*

 

Significance (two-tailed)

0.809

0.000

0.000

 

N

167

167

167

  1. Significant values in bold.
  2. *Pearson correlation P < 0.01.
  3. BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; STAI = Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory; TAS-20 = Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X