Fear of Pain as a Predictor for Postoperative Pain Intensity among the Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Surgery

Table 2

Correlation analysis (n = 89).

Variables	Correlation coefficient
	Least pain	Worst pain	Average pain
Age^#	−0.187	−0.037	−0.085
Gender^$	0.014	−0.044	−0.065
BMI^#	0.115	0.022	−0.029
Education^#	0.064	0.104	0.042
Present pain^$	−0.008	−0.107	−0.062
FOP-9^#	0.125	0.257	0.292
Psychological pain^#	0.157	0.146	0.055
PHQ-9^#	−0.023	0.070	0.076
PCS^#	0.092	0.374	0.317
Operation method^#	−0.091	0.090	0.069
Analgesic drugs^#	0.240	0.459	0.456

^#Spearman; ^$Kendall; FOP-9, Fear of Pain-9 Items; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PCS, Pain Catastrophizing Scale; ; .