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

Table 6 Correlations between preoperative psychological scores and postoperative day-7 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 severity (Q01)	0.062	-0.005	0.009	0.187	-0.106	0.014	0.116	0.099	0.018
Activity interference (Q02)	0.137	0.082	0.073	0.124	0.010	0.134	0.214*	0.129	0.001
Daily life impact (Q03)	-0.200*	-0.295**	-0.239*	0.108	-0.319**	-0.297**	-0.090	-0.166	-0.083
Sleep disturbance (Q04)	-0.038	-0.088	-0.054	0.125	-0.233*	-0.161	-0.085	0.089	0.036
Mood effects (Q05)	0.077	0.034	0.023	0.224*	-0.039	0.015	-0.035	0.067	-0.008
Walking ability (Q06)	0.085	0.042	0.038	0.082	-0.128	-0.091	-0.073	-0.144	-0.169
Social relations (Q07)	0.249*	0.199*	0.222*	0.030	0.047	0.061	0.147	0.182	0.157
Work performance (Q08)	0.093	-0.006	0.022	-0.026	-0.181	-0.068	0.265**	0.163	0.045
Overall recovery (Q09)	0.258**	0.319**	0.258**	0.052	0.318**	0.170	0.320**	0.244*	0.239*

*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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