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Table 7 Correlation between bleeding on probing with pain and anxiety

From: Pain perception and dental anxiety during periodontal probing in patients visiting community oral health programme: a cross sectional study

Correlation

Anxiety

Pain (VAS score)

Bleeding on probing

Correlation coefficient*

0.033

0.350**

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.742

0.000

N

100

100

  1. *Spearman correlation coefficient
  2. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
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