Table 2. Comparison of the mean scores of healing rate and episiotomy pain and the number of acetaminophen tablets and diclofenac suppositories consumed among the study groups (n = 72) .

Variable	Propolis (n=36)		Placebo (n=36)			P value a
	Mean (SD)	Median (25-75 percentile)	Mean (SD)	Median (25-75 percentile)
The REEDA test (score range: 0-15)
Day 1	0.7 (0.8)	0.0(0.0-1.0)	0.7(0.7)	1.0 (0.0-1.0)		0.912
Day 10	0.5 (1.0)	0.0(0.0-1.0)	0.3(0.7)	0.0 (0.0-0.0)		0.413
The VAS test (score range: 0-10)
Day 1	3.7 (2.3)	4.0 (2.0-5.0)	3.3 (1.6)	3.5 (2.0-5.0)		0.568
Day 10	2.4 (2.1)	2.0 (2.0-3.0)	2.0 (1.3)	2.0 (2.7-1.2)		0.573
Acetaminophen tablets	7.9 (4.4)	9.0 (5.0-10.0)	8.4 (4.0)	9.0 (6.3-10.0)		0.812
Diclofenac suppositories	5.3 (4.0)	6.0 (0.3-9.8)	5.3 (3.7)	6.6 (1.3-8.0)		0.995

SD: Standard deviation; REEDA: Redness, Edema, Ecchymosis, Discharge, Approximation.

^aMann-Whitney U test.