Sense of coherence, mental well-being and perceived preoperative hospital and surgery related stress in surgical patients with malignant, benign, and no neoplasms

Table 2 Correlations between sense of coherence, well-being, and perceived hospital and surgery related distress (N = 4918)

	SOC	Mental well-being
A. Patients with malignant neoplasms (n = 945)
Mental well-being	0.59^***
Perceived hospital and surgery related stress	−0.42^***	− 0.38^***
B. Patients with benign neoplasms (n = 333)
Mental well-being	0.61^***
Perceived hospital and surgery related stress	−0.34^***	−0.23^***
C. Patients without neoplasms (n = 3640)
Mental well-being	0.54^***
Perceived hospital and surgery related stress	−0.37^***	−0.31^***

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