Table 3.
Geriatric pain assessment of the intervention and control groups.
| Intervention group (n = 44) | Control group (n = 38) | Group difference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Postintervention | P value# | Baseline | Postintervention | P value# | Baseline | Postintervention | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P value# | P value# | |||
| Pain more than 3 months | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Yes | 44 (100) | 44 (100) | 38 (100) | 38 (100) | ||||
| No | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Pattern of pain | 0.086 | 0.180 | 0.299 | 0.575 | ||||
| Occasional | 24 (54.5) | 28 (63.6) | 18 (47.4) | 21 (55.3) | ||||
| Persistent | 20 (45.5) | 16 (36.4) | 20 (52.6) | 17 (44.7) | ||||
| Frequency (per day) | 0.059 | 0.070 | 0.384 | 0.667 | ||||
| 1 | 3 (6.8) | 7 (15.9) | 3 (7.9) | 3 (7.9) | ||||
| 2 | 5 (11.4) | 11 (25) | 3 (7.9) | 7 (18.4) | ||||
| 3 | 11 (25) | 3 (6.8) | 5 (13.2) | 6 (15.8) | ||||
| 4 | 3 (6.8) | 1 (2.3) | 6 (15.8) | 1 (2.6) | ||||
| 5 | 1 (2.3) | 2 (4.5) | 2 (5.3) | 2 (5.3) | ||||
| More than 5 | 21 (47.7) | 20 (45.5) | 19 (50) | 19 (50) | ||||
Percentages may not add up to 100% because of rounding.
#The Chi-square test was used.
*A P value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.