Anxiety, depression, and coping styles among cervical cancer patients during radiotherapy and their correlations with uncertainty in illness

Table 1 Scores of anxiety and depression among cervical cancer patients during radiotherapy

Indicators	Scoring range	Average score
HADS-A	1-18	7.12 ± 3.39
HADS-D	1-19	6.68 ± 3.49
Total	3-30	13.80 ± 5.04

HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Table 2 Coping style scores of cervical cancer patients during radiotherapy

Indicators	Average score
Optimistic	2.08 ± 0.66
Confrontive	1.69 ± 0.73
Self-reliant	1.68 ± 0.61
Supportive	1.59 ± 0.64
Evasive	1.55 ± 0.60
Fatalistic	1.38 ± 0.72
Palliative	1.21 ± 0.57
Emotive	0.96 ± 0.60
Total	1.52 ± 0.23

Table 3 Uncertainty in illness scores in cervical cancer patients during radiotherapy

Indicators	Scoring range	Score
Ambiguity	24-54	41.01 ± 5.56
Complexity	10-26	17.14 ± 2.80
Deficit information	10-29	19.08 ± 3.44
Unpredictability	9-24	16.18 ± 2.51
Uncertainty in illness	72-112	93.40 ± 7.44

Table 4 Correlation analysis between anxiety and depression and the level of illness uncertainty

Indicators	Ambiguity		Complexity		Deficit information		Unpredictability		Uncertainty in illness
	r value	P value	r value	P value	r value	P value	r value	P value	r value	P value
HADS-A	0.461	< 0.001	0.061	0.393	0.115	0.105	0.324	< 0.001	0.328	< 0.001
HADS-D	0.363	< 0.001	0.117	0.099	0.311	< 0.001	0.281	< 0.001	0.400	< 0.001

HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Table 5 Correlation analysis between coping styles and uncertainty in illness level

Indicators	Ambiguity		Complexity		Deficit information		Unpredictability		Uncertainty in illness
	r value	P value	r value	P value	r value	P value	r value	P value	r value	P value
Confrontive	-0.065	0.636	-0.041	0.568	0.066	0.355	-0.035	0.624	-0.052	0.466
Evasive	0.140	0.048	0.193	0.006	0.309	< 0.001	0.188	0.008	0.286	< 0.001
Optimistic	0.052	0.467	-0.047	0.510	0.013	0.855	0.041	0.569	0.004	0.954
Fatalistic	0.306	< 0.001	0.249	< 0.001	0.404	< 0.001	0.371	< 0.001	0.363	< 0.001
Emotive	0.138	0.052	0.260	< 0.001	0.212	0.003	0.320	< 0.001	0.191	0.007
Palliative	-0.037	0.600	0.135	0.056	-0.056	0.427	-0.072	0.312	-0.056	0.428
Supportive	-0.077	0.279	0.121	0.087	0.123	0.083	-0.091	0.200	0.131	0.065
Self-reliant	0.074	0.299	0.108	0.130	0.124	0.079	-0.272	< 0.001	0.130	0.068