Table 4. Correlations among age, anxiety and pain measures in two groups of women.
| Epidural analgesia | Age | VAS | Anxiety (STAI-X) |
SF-MPQ total |
SF-MPQ sensory |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAS | Yes | 0.091 | - | |||
| No | -0.081 | - | ||||
| Anxiety (STAI-X) | Yes | 0.096 | 0.151 | - | ||
| No | 0.005 | 0.055 | - | |||
| SF-MPQ total | Yes | -0.287* | -0.080 | 0.039 | - | |
| No | -0.101 | 0.157 | 0.263* | - | ||
| SF-MPQ sensory | Yes | -0.316* | -0.079 | 0.028 | 0.974** | - |
| No | -0.101 | 0.119 | 0.134 | 0.943** | - | |
| SF-MPQ affective | Yes | -0.247 | -0.104 | 0.042 | 0.875** | 0.764** |
| No | -0.038 | 0.173 | 0.367** | 0.859** | 0.662** |
VAS = visual analog scale; SF-MPQ = Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire; STAI-X = State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-form X; *correlation significant at 0.05 level (2-tailed); **correlation significant at 0.01 level (2-tailed)