Table 5 Interpretation of Spearman’s correlation coefficients as used in the work

From: Impact of COVID-19 on older adults and role of long-term care facilities during early stages of epidemic in Italy

Range of corr. coeff.

Correlation strength

1 (-1)

Perfect

0.8 (− 0.8)–0.9 (− 0.9)

Very strong

0.6 (− 0.6)–0.7 (− 0.7)

Moderate

0.3 (− 0.3)–0.5 (− 0.5)

Fair

0.1 (− 0.1)–0.2 (− 0.2)

Poor

0

Null

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