Correlation between skin conductance measurements and subjective pain scales in children after otolaryngological procedures

Variable	Statistics
Gender, N (%)
Female	17 (51.5%)
Male	16 (48.5%)
Age, years
Mean±SD	6.1±3.0
Me (Q1–Q3)	5 (4–8)
Min–Max	3–17
Otolaryngological procedures
Adenoidectomy	11 (33.3%)
Adenotonsillotomy	15 (45.5%)
Tonsillectomy	7 (21.2%)

Table 2

Correlation between skin conductance fluctuations and self-reported pain score by gender

	Female (n = 17)	Male (n = 16)	p-value^*
PM 1 h	0.07 (0.04–0.12)	0.10 (0.04–0.15)	0.406
PM 2 h	0.09 (0.06–0.18)	0.17 (0.08–0.24)	0.045
p-value^**	0.156	0.020	x
WB 1 h	4 (0–4)	5 (0–8)	0.612
WB 2 h	2 (0–4)	2 (0–4)	0.628
p-value^**	0.201	0.182	x
VAS 1 h	3 (1–5)	6.5 (1–9)	0.205
VAS 2 h	1 (1–5)	2.5 (1–5)	0.586
p-value^**	0.450	0.052	x
FLACC 1 h	0 (0–1)	3 (0–5)	0.059
FLACC 2 h	0 (0–0)	0 (0–3)	0.048
p-value^**	0.128	0.094	x

* Mann–Whitney U test;

** Wilcoxon test

Table 3

Spearman correlation between the number of skin conductance fluctuations per second and subjective ratings of perceived pain in a group of 33 children

All (N=33)	WB 1 h	WB 2 h	VAS 1 h	VAS 2 h	FLACC 1 h	FLACC 2 h
PM 1 h	Rho=0.29 P=0.102	-	Rho=0.18 P=0.313	-	Rho=0.33 P=0.064	-
PM 2 h	-	Rho=−0.13 P=0.476	-	Rho=−0.07 P=0.712	-	Rho=0.08 P=0.668
PM (1 and 2 h)	Rho=0.00 P=0.999		Rho=−0.02 P=0.846		Rho=0.10 P=0.429

Table 4

Spearman correlation between the number of skin conductance fluctuations per second and subjective ratings of perceived pain in females

Females (N=17)	WB 1 h	WB 2 h	VAS 1 h	VAS 2 h	FLACC 1 h	FLACC 2 h
PM 1 h	Rho=0.28 P=0.263	-	Rho=0.32 P=0.195	-	Rho=0.30 P=0.235	-
PM 2 h	-	Rho=−0.23 P=0.351	-	Rho=−0.09 P=0.719	-	Rho=0.19 P=0.453
PM (1 and 2 h)	Rho=−0.03 P=0.875		Rho=0.07 P=0.686		Rho=0.16 P=0.348

Table 5

Spearman correlation between the number of skin conductance fluctuations per second and subjective ratings of perceived pain in males

Males (N=16)	WB 1 h	WB 2 h	VAS 1 h	VAS 2 h	FLACC 1 h	FLACC 2 h
PM 1 h	Rho=0.32 P=0.216	-	Rho=−0.12 P=0.633	-	Rho=0.29 P=0.237	-
PM 2 h	-	Rho=−0.12 P=0.650	-	Rho=−0.10 P=0.711	-	Rho=−0.14 P=0.577
PM (1 and 2 h)	Rho=−0.04 P=0.808		Rho=−0.25 P=0.170		Rho=−0.07 P=0.682

Table 6

Rank correlation coefficients (Spearman's rho) between pain scales (in the first and second hours after surgery)

	WB	VAS	FLACC	PM
WB	X	0.886	0.433	0.000
VAS		X	0.497	−0.024
FLACC			X	0.098
PM				′

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahem-2022-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1732-2693

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Oct 7, 2021

Accepted on: Jan 31, 2022

Published on: Apr 8, 2022

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