Emotional differences based on comments on doctor-patient disputes with varying levels of severity

Table 7 Spearman’s correlation analyses between incident levels, number of words for each sentiment and comment scores

Variable	Incident level	Positive	Negative	Anger	Disgust	Fear	Sadness	Surprise	Good	Happy	Comment score
Incident level	1.000
Positive	0	1.000
Negative	-0.010	0.101b	1.000
Anger	0	0.028	0.197b	1.000
Disgust	-0.0340a	0.104b	0.842b	0.058b	1.000
Fear	-0.027	0.025	0.262b	-0.020	0.048b	1.000
Sadness	0.086b	0.047b	0.366b	0.046b	0.072b	0.023	1.000
Surprise	-0.008	0.122b	0.015	0.020	0.021	-0.023	-0.003	1.000
Good	-0.007	0.905b	0.094b	0.026	0.094b	0.027	0.047b	0.039a	1.000
Happy	0.027	0.390b	0.069b	0.026	0.073b	0.009	0.042a	0.036a	0.092b	1.000
Comment score	0.036b	0.223b	-0.470b	-0.070b	-0.488b	-0.064b	-0.099b	0.014	0.228b	0.041b	1.000

^aP < 0.05 (two-tailed).

^bP < 0.05 (two-tailed).