Table 1.

Comparison of the pre- and posttreatment scores for breast engorgement and pain in both groups

	Pretreatment mean (SE) N = 30	Posttreatment mean (SE) N = 30	P
Control group
Breast engorgement score	5.03 (.72)	2.97 (0.2)	<0.001***
Pain score	6.1 (1.5)	0.51 (0.4)	<0.001***
Experimental group
Breast engorgement score	5.17 (0.7)	3.02 (0.2)	<0.001***
Pain score	6.4 (1.2)	3.45 (0.4)	<0.001***

^***P values are significant at 0.001 level