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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009 Sep 3;38(5):698–707. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.04.022

Table 4.

Bivariate Correlates of Pain Severity (n = 96)

Variable r P-value
Sociodemographics
    Male gender 0.02 0.86
    Age (years) –0.24 0.02
    Educational level 0.11 0.30
    Race
        African American 0.16 0.13
        Caucasian –0.03 0.77
        Other 0.14 0.19
Physical domain
    General health –0.36 <0.001
    Functional statusa 0.31 0.002
    Overall symptoms 0.54 <0.001
Psychological domain
    Anxiety (GAD-2)b 0.33 0.001
    Depression (PHQ-2)c 0.32 0.002
Spiritual domain
    "I feel at peace" –0.26 0.01
Social domain
    Interference with relations 0.57 <0.001
a

Functional Morbidity Index.

b

Natural log transformation of Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2.

c

Natural log transformation of PHQ-2.