3.3 The relationship between atopic dermatitis severity,
caregiver illness perceptions, self-efficacy and quality of life
As total DFIQ scores, and IPQ-R scores for treatment control and illness
coherence, were non-normally distributed, Spearman’s rho correlations
were used for those variables and Pearson’s correlations for the
remaining. Bivariate correlations revealed significant associations
between variables as shown in Table 2.