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Table 4 Spearman's correlation coefficient between item score and total score

From: Validation of the UNESP-Botucatu unidimensional composite pain scale for assessing postoperative pain in cattle

Item

r

p-value

Movement

0.836

p = 0.000

Interactive behaviour

0.780

p = 0.000

Activity

0.843

p = 0.000

Appetite

0.848

p = 0.000

Attention to surgical wound

0.395

p = 0.000

Miscellaneous behaviour

0.745

p = 0.000

  1. r = Spearman's correlation coefficient. Interpretation: 0 - 0.35: low correlation; 0.35 - 0.7: moderate correlation; 0.7 - 1.0: high correlation. Correlation coefficient in italic indicates that the item was rejected (r < 0.4).