Table 4.
Rate of satisfaction from pain relief in the three treatment groups
|
Groups
Satisfaction rate |
After the first cycle of treatment %(n) | After the second cycle of treatment %(n) | ||||
| Thymus vulgaris | Ibuprofen | Placebo | Thymus vulgaris | Ibuprofen | Placebo | |
| No effect | 0 (0) | 4 (1) | 57.1 (16) | 0 (0) | 4.2 | 57.19 (16) |
| Slight | 0 (0) | 28 (7) | 17.9 (5) | 0 (0) | 33.3 (8) | 25 (7) |
| Moderate | 28.6 (8) | 40 (10) | 10.7 (3) | 18.5 (5) | 37.5 (9) | 17.5 (5) |
| Excellent | 71.4 (20) | 28 (7) | 14.3 (4) | 81.5 (22) | 25 (6) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 100 (28) | 25 (100) | 100 (28) | 100 (27) | 100 (24) | 100 (28) |
| p-value† | 0.001 | 0.001 | ||||
†
The data were assessed using Kruskal-wallis test.