Fertility anxiety partially mediates depression and recurrence fear in reproductive-age cervical cancer patients: A cross-sectional study

Table 3 Correlation analysis of reproductive concern, depression, and fear of recurrence in cervical cancer patients of childbearing age

Variable	Relevance	Reproductive concerns							FOR total score
		Total score	FP	PP	PA	PH	CH	DA
Depression score	r	0.477a	0.427a	0.331a	0.526a	0.408a	0.383a	0.492a	0.372
	P value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
FOR total score	r	0.426a	0.439a	0.320a	0.452a	0.374a	0.346a	0.417a	-
	P value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	-

^aP < 0.001.

All correlations are Pearson's r.

FOR: Fear of recurrence; FP: Fertility potential; PP: Pregnancy planning; PA: Partner awareness; PH: Personal health; CH: Child health; DA: Disease acceptance.