Examining illness narratives in the context of the postoperative psychological state: A mixed-methods study of emotion-focused illness narrative

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the results obtained for the total study sample. Mean scores and standard deviations (SD) of the results obtained by the use of the psychological measurement tools

Psychological variables	Mean	Standard deviation (SD)
Emotional intensity (Emotional Graph of Illness Trajectory)	59.26	20.90
Depression (BDI-9 scale)	5.74	4.30
State anxiety (STAI-S scale)	44.32	11.27
Trait anxiety (STAI-T scale)	45.02	10.51
Perceived stress (PSS-10 scale)	19.00	6.30
Illness perception (BIPQ scale)	38.50	13.68
Quality of life (EQ-5D index)	0.67	0.34

Note: BDI-9 Beck Depression Inventory-Short Form, STAI-S State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – State anxiety questionnaire, STAI-T State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – Trait anxiety questionnaire, PSS-10 shortened version of the Perceived Stress Scale, BIOQ Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, EQ-5D European Quality of Life questionnaire

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