Table 2.

Comparison of the posttreatment breast engorgement scores in postnatal mothers in both groups

No. of application	Control group mean (SE) (N = 30)	Experimental group mean (SE) (N = 30)	Mean difference	95% C.I.	P
1	5.14 (0.21)	4.22 (0.16)	0.18	30–0.48	0.29
2	3.84 (0.19)	4.06 (0.16)	0.22	0.13–0.56	0.23
3	3.51 (0.19)	3.92 (0.16)	0.42	0.05–0.2	0.03*
4	3.743 (0.21)	4.26 (0.17)	0.52	11–0.91	0.01†
5	3.18 (0.18)	3.23 (0.18)	0.1	0.22–0.33	0.73
6	2.97 (0.17)	3.03 (0.13)	0.1	0.17–0.27	0.6

^*P values are significant at 0.05 level

^†P values are significant at 0.01 level