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Table 8 Correlations between illness perceptions and cancer-specific distress as assessed by the IES total score

From: Health behaviors among head and neck cancer survivors

 

IES-Total

Identity

0.58**

Timeline (Chronic)

0.36**

Timeline (Cyclical)

0.31*

Consequences

0.46**

Personal control

− 0.22**

Treatment control

− 0.15

Illness coherence

− 0.35**

Emotional representation

0.58*

  1. * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.