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. 2023 May 23;13:8302. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35426-8

Table 3.

The association between numeric variables and pain, across different time.

Contrast Second-day pain Seventh-day pain Sixth-month pain
r (95% CI) p-Value r (95% CI) p-Value r (95% CI) p-Value
Age −0.10 (−0.27, 0.08) 0.296 −0.07 (−0.24, 0.12) 0.474 −0.18 (−0.34, 0.00) 0.048
BMI −0.08 (−0.25, 0.10) 0.402 −0.06 (−0.24, 0.12) 0.530 −0.10 (−0.27, 0.08) 0.283
Menopausal age 0.02 (−0.25, 0.27) 0.912 −0.05 (−0.31, 0.22) 0.732 −0.25 (−0.48, 0.01) 0.061
Preoperative pain 0.18 (0.01, 0.35) 0.044 0.05 (−0.14, 0.22) 0.620 0.20 (0.02, 0.36) 0.026
Expected postoperative pain 0.30 (0.09, 0.49) 0.006 0.18 (−0.04, 0.38) 0.114 0.15 (−0.07, 0.35) 0.168
HADS 0.18 (0.01, 0.35) 0.043 0.14 (−0.04, 0.31) 0.128 0.09 (−0.09, 0.27) 0.305
ULS-8 0.23 (0.05, 0.39) 0.011 0.21 (0.04, 0.38) 0.019 0.31 (0.14, 0.46) 0.001
Self-reported loneliness 0.09 (−0.09, 0.27) 0.310 0.17 (−0.01, 0.34) 0.066 0.27 (0.09, 0.42) 0.003
Second-day pain 0.35 (0.18, 0.50)  < 0.001
Seventh-day pain 0.36 (0.19, 0.51)  < 0.001

The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the relation between numeric variables and pain by time.

BMI Body mass index, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, ULS-8 University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale questionnaire with eight items.

Significant values are in Bold.