Development of the opioid self-management scale for advanced Cancer patients with pain and examination of its validity and reliability

Table 5 Association between the OSSA^a) and pain

	Worst pain in 24 hours	Average pain in 24 hours	Pain relief rate in 24 hours	Interference with life by pain over 24 hours
Total OSSA^a) score	−0.08	−0.21^*	0.26^**	0.02
Managing opioids and coping with pain	−0.09	−0.22^*	0.24^**	0.08
Talking to healthcare provider	−0.12	−0.21^*	0.14	0.02
Talking to friends and family	−0.11	−0.12^*	0.15	0.04
Recording pain and opioid use	−0.03	−0.07	0.14	0.06
Living with the disease	−0.05	−0.13	0.23^**	−0.11
Understanding the characteristics of pain	0.13	0.06	0.10	−0.07

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