Factors influencing surgical anxiety and postoperative pain: a comprehensive evaluation of psychological and gynecological determinants

Table 5 Correlations between preoperative psychological scores and postoperative day-1 pain assessments

Pain measures	All participants (n = 114)			Low anxiety (n = 56)			High anxiety (n = 58)
	SAQ	K10-PDS	GHQ-12	SAQ	K10-PDS	GHQ-12	SAQ	K10-PDS	GHQ-12
Pain Intensity
Current pain (Q01)	0.002	-0.036	-0.008	0.004	-0.217*	-0.121	-0.083	0.116	0.026
Worst pain (Q02)	0.027	0.020	0.064	-0.001	-0.062	0.108	-0.086	0.067	0.012
Average pain (Q03)	0.015	-0.111	-0.055	-0.064	-0.168	-0.100	-0.083	-0.114	-0.106
Activity Interference
General activity (Q04a)	0.053	0.272**	0.230*	-0.017	0.114	0.203*	0.091	0.442**	0.305**
Mood (Q04b)	-0.090	-0.030	-0.014	0.005	-0.036	0.070	-0.079	0.041	0.013
Walking (Q04c)	0.005	0.034	0.065	-0.019	0.105	0.246*	-0.016	-0.020	0.002
Normal work (Q04d)	-0.138	-0.083	-0.072	-0.156	-0.043	0.082	-0.215*	-0.093	-0.127
Relations (Q05a)	0.268**	0.349**	0.409**	0.070	0.052	0.273**	0.037	0.400**	0.343**
Sleep (Q05b)	-0.019	0.110	0.006	0.119	0.128	-0.030	-0.068	0.139	0.067
Enjoyment of life (Q05c)	-0.121	-0.230*	-0.268**	0.059	-0.113	-0.164	-0.140	-0.309**	-0.340**
Self-care (Q05d)	0.228*	0.332**	0.397**	-0.145	0.195*	0.417**	0.126	0.321**	0.317**
Pain Management
Pain relief (Q07)	-0.120	-0.177	-0.080	0.161	-0.294**	-0.255*	-0.095	-0.028	0.080
Sleep interference (Q08)	-0.204*	-0.217*	-0.217*	-0.187*	-0.156	-0.198*	-0.224*	-0.282**	-0.238*
Treatment satisfaction (Q09)	0.087	0.146	0.127	0.205*	0.149	-0.027	0.200*	0.172	0.273**

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01; Spearman’s correlation coefficients are presented
SAQ: surgical anxiety questionnaire; K10-PDS: psychological distress scale (); GHQ-12: general health questionnaire-12

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