Pain Intensity Is Not Always Associated with Poorer Health Status: Exploring the Moderating Role of Spouse Personality

Table 3

Moderation analysis of extraversion in the pain-mental health relationship.

Block	Independent variables	β	95% CI	t	p	R^2	F	p
1	Patient age	0.08	−0.05, 0.20	1.17	0.244	0.265	10.50	<0.001
	Patient sex	−0.06	−4.67, 1.60	−0.97	0.334
	Pain duration	−0.06	−0.33, 0.11	−0.95	0.341
	Educational level	0.10	−0.89, 5.79	1.45	0.150
	Patient N	−0.36	−0.70, −0.30	−4.86	<0.001
	Patient E	0.11	−0.04, 0.38	1.58	0.116
	Patient C	0.10	−0.07, 0.41	1.39	0.166
2	Patient pain intensity	−0.25	−3.03, −0.90	−3.65	<0.001	0.030	8.37	0.004
3	Spouse E	0.02	−0.18, 0.24	0.29	0.770	<0.001	<0.01	0.995
4	Spouse E ∗ patient pain	−0.17	−0.30, −0.03	−2.47	0.014	0.016	6.10	0.014

Note. R² is adjusted. R² and F refer to changes in each block. Reported beta values are standardized and correspond to the final model. N, neuroticism; E, extraversion; C, conscientiousness.