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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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BMC Oral Health

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