Table 2.
Changes in the Size of Oral Aperture using the Intent to Treat Analysis (N=48)
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| Intervention (n1=26) | Control (n2=22) | ||||||||||||
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| Oral aperture Measure Variable | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Med | P-value for within group difference* | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Med | P-value for within group difference* | P-value for between group difference† |
| 1st change (F1-B) | 1.44 | 2.83 | −3.30 | 8.70 | 0.67 | 0.02 | −0.09 | 3.16 | −5.30 | 8.30 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 0.04 |
| 2nd change (F2-F1) | 0.71 | 3.38 | −12.70 | 5.00 | 1.33 | 0.04 | 2.35 | 3.53 | −6.00 | 9.00 | 2.00 | 0.01 | 0.88 |
| Overall change (F‡-B) | 2.14 | 2.88 | −4.00 | 11.00 | 2.00 | 0.001 | 2.26 | 4.28 | −3.33 | 15.67 | 0.50 | 0.02 | 0.19 |
SD=standard deviation, Min=minimum, Max=maximum, Med=median, B=baseline, F1=3 months, F2=6 months.
*
Two-sided P-value using Wilcoxon signed rank test for each change
†
One-sided P-value for significantly greater changes among intervention group when compared to control group using Mann-Whitney U-test
‡
6 months measure recorded (F2, if non-missing, F1, otherwise)