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Article 1 : Zalon

12 . a . The measure of central tendency reported in Table A3-1 for Pain is Mean . The level of measurement for this variable is 39 .93 (24 .43 The measure used for this variable is Brief Pain Inventory (BPI . The values for these descriptive statistics are 0 (no pain ) to 10 (pain as bad as you can imagine ) to measure the severity of pain

b . Correlation tests measure the relationship between quantitative variables . In Zalon 's article , it is used to measure the relationship between pain , depression and fatigue and

functional status and self-perception of recovery during the first 3 months after discharge among abdominal surgery patients 60 years of age or older . Correlation coefficients can range from -1 .0 to 1 .0 . Positive correlation exists between Pain and Depression with a range of .26 to .37 , which indicates that it reflects a strong relationship . There is no negative correlation between Pain and another variable in the result

c . Multiple regression analysis was used , which indicates that pain depression , and fatigue significantly accounted for 5 .6 of the variation in self-perception of recovery at the initial measurement during hospitalization . The test is nonparametric because the level of data is nominal (categorical ) and (Spearman 's ) R2 test is used to measure relationships between variables . The Functional Status is a Dependent Variable because it is measured with the Enforced Social Dependency Scale (ESDS ) in the study . Pain is one significant of Functional Status . Pain , including depression and fatigue , explain 13...