Table 2.

Comparison of objective and subjective pain scores on days 1 and 2 of hemodialysis in two groups

Pain scores	Objective pain score Mean (SD)		Subjective pain score Median (Range)
	Experimental	Control	Experimental	Control
Day 1 of HD (1.5–6.5) (Baseline)	3.8 (0.66)	3.6 (0.73)	4.5 (2–7)	3.2
Day 2 of HD (1.5–7)	0.7 (0.33)	3.5 (0.76)	2 (1.2–5)	3.5
P value	0.001	0.23	0.001	0.89

HD: Hemodialysis