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Table 4.

Convergent validity expressed by Spearman's correlation (r) between subscales of Persian SF-MPQ-2 and WOMAC and SF-36 (N=100)

	WOMAC	PF	RP	BP	GH	VT	SF	RE	MH	PCS	MCS

Continuous pain	(-0.52)^**	(-0.30)^**	(-0.23)^*	(-0.49)^**	(-0.33)^**	(-0.26)^**	0.12	(-0.35)^**	(-0.39)^**	(-0.30)^**	(-0.33)^**
Intermittent pain	(-0.52)^**	(-0.31)^**	-0.093	(-0.46)^**	(-0.32)^**	(-0.30)^**	0.12	(-0.31)^**	(-0.44)^**	(-0.21)^*	(-0.38)^**
Neuropathic pain	(-0.47)^**	(-0.42)^**	(-0.21)^*	(-0.43)^**	(-0.29)^**	(-0.27)^**	0.28^**	(-0.27)^**	(-0.29)^**	(-0.38)^**	-0.16
Affective	(-0.52)^**	(-0.35)^**	(-0.27)^**	(-0.49)^**	(-0.23)^*	(-0.37)^**	0.21^*	(-0.41)^**	(-0.48)^**	(-0.26)^*	(-0.42)^**
Total SF-MPQ-2	(-0.61)^**	(-0.42)^**	(-0.24)^*	(-0.56)^**	(-0.36)^**	(-0.35)^**	0.22^*	(-0.40)^**	(-0.47)^**	(-0.35)^**	(-0.38)^**

PF=Physical Functioning, RP=Role-Physical, BP=Bodily Pain, GH=General Health, VT=Vitality, SF=Social Functioning, RE=Role Emotional, MH=Mental Health, PCS=Physical Component Summary, MCS=Mental Component Summary

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

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Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)