The development of the DISCO-RC for measuring children’s discomfort during research procedures

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Table 3 Item-correlation with average discomfort score, test-retest correlations, differences in measurement moment

	Item-rest correlation with average score N = 418	p-value	Test-retest correlation N = 115	p-value¹⁾	Wilcoxon’s Z N = 115	p-value
Nervousness	0.202	<0.001	0.665	<0.001	−0.011	0.991
Annoyed	0.401	<0.001	0.586	<0.001	−0.461	0.645
Pain	0.262	<0.001	0.725	<0.001	−0.600	0.549
Frightened	0.275	<0.001	0.525	<0.001	−0.209	0.835
Bored	0.163	0.001	0.440	<0.001	−1.213	0.222
Tired	0.248	<0.001	0.510	<0.001	−1.673	0.225
Average discomfort score	n/a	n/a	0.710	<0.001	−1.146	0.252

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