Table 3. Correlations of children and parents’ variables with parental salivary cortisol levels (Unaccompanied group n = 24; Accompanied group n = 22) – Botucatu, SP, Brazil, 2019.

Variable	Correlation coefficient	p
Child age*	0.013	0.941
mYPAS	0.396	0.022
Parent age	0.073	0.688
Parent level of education*	0.014	0.938
Parent subjective feeling*	–0.013	0.941
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Anxiety	0.198	0.269
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale – Depression	0.345	0.049

*Spearman’s correlation.

mYPAS – modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale.

Parent level of education: 1 – Elementary/middle school (with or without diploma); 2 – High school (with or without diploma); 3 – College (with or without degree).

Parent subjective feeling: 1 – Very bad; 2 – Bad; 3 – Regular; 4 – Well; 5 – Great.