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Table 3 Correlation between pain questions and “Compared to other people” and “Compared to typical day” and whether correlations differ based on anchor group (“Extreme” corresponds to the changed anchor text “Extremely severe pain”; “Imagine” corresponds to the original anchor text “Pain as bad as you can imagine”)

From: Pain as bad as you can imagine or extremely severe pain? A randomized controlled trial comparing two pain scale anchors

 

Compared to other people

Compared to typical day

Extreme

Imagine

Extreme

Imagine

Worst

0.52

0.43

0.46

0.30

Least

0.43

0.38

0.44

0.26

Average

0.52

0.48

0.50

0.33

Right now

0.50

0.43

0.48

0.41