Table 8.
Correlations between hyperalgesic area and psychological factors.
| PCS | STAI S | STAI T | CES D | PILL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coefficient | p-value | coefficient | p-value | coefficient | p-value | coefficient | p-value | coefficient | p-value | |
| Hyperalgesic area t1 | 0.172 | 0.218 | 0.018 | 0.899 | 0.216 | 0.120 | 0.285 | 0.038* | 0.260 | 0.061 |
| Hyperalgesic area t2 | 0.079 | 0.572 | −0.104 | 0.464 | 0.168 | 0.229 | 0.188 | 0.177 | 0.270 | 0.051 |
| Hyperalgesic area t3 | 0.119 | 0.396 | −0.047 | 0.740 | 0.261 | 0.059 | 0.245 | 0.077 | 0.272 | 0.049* |
PCS: Pain Catastrophizing Scale. CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale. STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.
PILL: Pennebaker Inventory of Limbic Languidness.
*
Significant at p<0.05.