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. 2023 Mar 27;23:138. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02284-5

Table 2.

The mean score of VAS, VMS, and PBLAC scores in the two groups.

	Experimental group (n = 39)	Control group (n = 39)	P-value
VAS
Pre-intervention	6.71 ± 2.25	6.64 ± 2.46	0.862^a
First month post-intervention	5.33 ± 2.39	6.53 ± 2.30	< 0.010^a
Second month post-intervention	3.92 ± 2.36	6.79 ± 2.17	< 0.001^a
P-value^b			0.001^b
VMS
Pre-intervention	2.00 ± 0.45	2.00 ± 0.64	1^a
First month post-intervention	1.40 ± 0.67	2.00 ± 0.64	< 0.001^a
Second month post-intervention	0.94 ± 0.55	2.05 ± 0.60	< 0.001^a
P-value^b			< 0.001^b
PBLAC
Pre-intervention (cc)	74.60 ± 55.20	89.10 ± 71.10	0.391^a
First month post-intervention (cc)	74.40 ± 74.10	89.80 ± 77.60	0.439^a
Second month post-intervention (cc)	79.80 ± 79.80	97.10 ± 82.10	0.350^a
P-value^b			0.329^b

Data presented as mean ± Standard Deviation

^a Independent sample t-test

^b Greenhouse-Geisser