Table 3. Secondary outcome of second time evaluation by BPI-C.
| Intervention group | Control group | p-value | |||
| mean | SD | mean | SD | ||
| Most pain in 24 h | 5.625 | 2.035 | 3.6 | 1.14 | 0.056 |
| Least pain in 24 h | 2.625 | 1.92 | 0.2 | 0.447 | * |
| Mean pain score | 3.875 | 2.258 | 2.4 | 1.673 | 0.21 |
| Pain score now | 3.792 | 2.692 | 1.6 | 2.302 | 0.133 |
| pain release % | 60 | 35.86 | 50 | 47.61 | 0.69 |
| Pain influence for | |||||
| Daily life | 4.08 | 2.811 | 2.2 | 1.924 | 0.194 |
| Emotion | 3.5 | 3.205 | 1.8 | 1.924 | 0.202 |
| Walking | 5.25 | 2.896 | 1.2 | 1.304 | * |
| Work | 5.36 | 3.107 | 2 | 2.121 | * |
| Relationship | 2.5 | 2.939 | 0 | 0 | * |
| Sleep | 3.92 | 2.746 | 2.4 | 3.362 | 0.345 |
| Entertainment | 3.25 | 3.251 | 1.6 | 2.302 | 0.322 |
Analysis by t-test. BPI-C: Chinese version of the Brief Pain Inventory; SD: standard deviation.
Analysis of covariance: *p<0.05.