Predictors of Acute Postsurgical Pain following Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Pearson’s correlation between age, BMI, MME consumption, psychological characteristics, and APSP intensity.

Variables	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
APSP intensity (A)	1.0
Age, year (B)	−1.71^†	1.0
BMI, kg/m^2 (C)	−0.13	−0.08	1.0
MME consumption (D)	0.63^†	−0.14^∗	0.11	1.0
HADS: anxiety (E)	0.48^†	−0.20^†	0.03	0.58^†	1.0
HADS: depression (F)	0.36^†	0.04	−0.01	0.52^†	0.53^†	1.0
Expected postsurgical pain (G)	0.38^†	−0.18^†	0.00	0.56^†	0.42^†	0.16^†	1.0
SFQ-s (H)	0.31^†	−0.13^∗	0.07	0.25^†	0.57^†	0.38^†	0.44^†	1.0
SFQ-l (I)	0.31^†	−0.11	−0.03	0.22^†	0.55^†	0.40^†	0.34^†	0.75^†	1.0

, ^†. APSP: acute postsurgical pain; BMI: body mass index; MME: morphine milligram milligram equivalent; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; SFQ-s: Surgical Fear Questionnaire short-time consequences; and SFQ-l: Surgical Fear Questionnaire long-time consequences.