Table 4.
Correlations between pain-related variables and DASS scales among pain expectancy group.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Teeth index | 1 | ||||||||
| (2) Pain index | 0.339** | 1 | |||||||
| (3) Happy index | –0.135 | 0.006 | 1 | ||||||
| (4) Fear of pain | –0.395** | –0.314* | 0.027 | 1 | |||||
| (5) Fear of dental pain | –0.256* | –0.218 | 0.151 | 0.728** | 1 | ||||
| (6) Depression | –0.176 | –0.145 | 0.155 | 0.330** | 0.423** | 1 | |||
| (7) Anxiety | –0.223 | –0.12 | 0.185 | 0.356** | 0.472** | 0.957** | 1 | ||
| (8) Stress | –0.280* | –0.072 | 0.312* | 0.352** | 0.504** | 0.730** | 0.784** | 1 | |
| (9) Anticipated pain∗ | –0.280* | –0.273* | 0.184 | 0.587** | 0.755** | 0.405** | 0.420** | 0.446** | 1 |
| (10) Perceived pain∗∗ | –0.096 | 0.006 | 0.216 | 0.137 | 0.357** | 0.264* | 0.259* | 0.236 | 0.475** |
∗p < 0.05; ∗∗p < 0.01. ∗Patients anticipation of the pain that they may experience during the treatment-reported before the treatment. ∗∗Patients perception of the pain that they perceived during the treatment-reported after the treatment. DASS, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale.