Table I.
Pain scale | Total distribution – number | Assessment of pain intensity | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Decreased | Unchanged | Increased | ||||||
Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |
0–1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
3–6 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
7–10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 40 | 40 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
p = 0.030 | p = 0.004 | – | p = 0.368 |