Table 3 The correlation analysis between PoSSe score and postoperative pain, trismus, and surgery duration.

From: The cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of a Chinese version of the postoperative symptom severity (PoSSe) scale

Analyses

N**

Overall

n

No bone removal

n

Bone removal

Postoperative pain score (VAS)

 T1 vs. PoSSe score

97

0.36*

41

0.59*

56

0.18

 T2 vs. PoSSe score

97

0.50*

41

0.73*

56

0.36*

 T3 vs. PoSSe score

97

0.51*

41

0.66*

56

0.41*

 T4 vs. PoSSe score

97

0.54*

41

0.61*

56

0.45*

 T4 vs. PoSSe score

97

0.45*

41

0.55*

56

0.35*

 T6 vs. PoSSe score

97

0.41*

41

0.54*

56

0.26

 T7 vs. PoSSe score

97

0.39*

41

0.46*

56

0.31*

 Mean vs. PoSSe score

97

0.52*

41

0.73*

56

0.38*

Trismus on T1

 Absolute mouth opening

86

−0.37*

37

−0.38*

49

−0.30*

 Absolute reduction

83

−0.30*

37

−0.10

46

−0.36*

 Relative reduction

83

−0.31*

37

−0.17

46

−0.32*

Surgery duration

101

0.43*

44

0.31*

57

0.33*

  1. *p <0.05.
  2. **The number of patients varies due to missing values.
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