Table 3.

Assessment of severity of pruritus and pain 6, 12, 24, and 48h after epidural morphine administration.

	Group B (n = 60)	Group P + B (n = 60)	p-value
Pruritus score at 6h	3 [0,4]	0 [0,4]	0.022
Pruritus score at 12h	2 [0,2]	0 [0,2]	0.38
Pruritus score at 24h	0 [0,0]	0 [0,0]	0.666
Pruritus score at 48h	0 [0,0]	0 [0,0]	0.242
Pruritus sites
head and face	21	10	0.022
trunk	12	7	0.211
limbs	6	5	0.752
6h
Pain at rest	0 [0,1]	1[0,1]	0.103
Pain with movement	2 [2,3]	2 [2,3]	0.338
12h
Pain at rest	1 [0,1]	1[0,1]	0.222
Pain with movement	3 [2,3]	3 [2,3]	0.763
24h
Pain at rest	0 [0,1]	0 [0,1]	0.326
Pain with movement	2 [1,2]	2 [2,2]	0.892
48h
Pain at rest	0 [0,1]	0 [0,1]	0.783
Pain with movement	1 [1,2]	2 [1,2]	0.993
Assistant analgesia	10	12	0.637
Patient satisfaction 1-2-3 (I)	34-24-2	45-15-0	0.034

Data are presented as median [25th, 75th] for continuous variables or number for categorical variables.