Table 1.

Correlations between psychiatric symptoms and disease, functional capacity and quality of life scales

		BASDAI	BASFI	VAS spinal pain	ASQOL

STAI-I (state anxiety)	r	0.432	0.343	0.373	0.481
	p	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
STAI-II (trait anxiety)	r	0.375	0.342	0.234	0.420
	p	<0.001	<0.001	0.005	<0.001
Beck anxiety inventory	r	0.430	0.375	0.326	0.508
	p	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Beck depression inventory	r	0.427	0.432	0.410	0.595
	p	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001