Adaptation and validation of the memorial anxiety scale for prostate cancer (MAX-PC) in a sample of French men

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 5 Criterion and construct validity of the French version of the MAX-PC (Pearson correlation coefficients, N = 185)

	MAX-PC	PCA	PSAA	FOR
HADS	0.69**	0.62**	0.30**	0.74**
HADS-Anxiety	0.68**	0.64**	0.30**	0.69**
HADS-Depression	0.58**	0.50**	0.25**	0.66**
SF12	−0.48**	−0.41**	−0.18*	−0.53**
SF12-MCS	−0.35**	−0.31**	−0.11	−0.41**
SF12-PCS	−0.32**	− 0.28**	− 0.04	− 0.37**
Age	− 0.11	− 0.13	− 0.05	−0.15*

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.001
MAX-PC Memorial anxiety scale for prostate cancer, PCA Prostate cancer anxiety subscale, PSAA PSA anxiety subscale, FOR Fear of recurrence subscale
HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, HADS-Anxiety HADS anxiety subscale, HADS-Depression HADS Depression subscale
SF12 Short Form-12, SF12-PCS SF12 physical component subscale, SF12-MCS SF12 mental component subscale