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.