Table 3.

The correlation between CARS score and variables in the study

Variables	Spearman Correlation	P-value
Pain at the first dental visit	0.167	0.126
Pain at the most recent dental visit	0.269	0.013*
Pain before the present visit	−0.137	0.119
Pain during the present visit	0.121	0.169
Q1 of MDAS (If you went to your Dentist for Treatment tomorrow)	0.289	0.001**
Q2 of MDAS (If you were sitting in the waiting room/waiting for treatment)	0.284	0.001**
Q3 of MDAS (If you were about to have a tooth drilled)	0.280	0.001**
Q4 of MDAS (If you were about to have your teeth scaled and polished)	0.307	0.000***
Q5 of MDAS (If you were about to have a local anaesthetic injection in your gum)	0.242	0.006**

*P < 0.05

**P < 0.01

***P < 0.001