Table 3.
Comparison of pain scores in the studies population.
| Placebo group | Lidocaine group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 70) (%) | (N = 70) (%) | ||||
| VAS | severe | mild | severe | mild | p-value |
| Before the procedurea | 2(2.8) | 68(97.1) | 1(1.4) | 69(98.5) | 0.559 |
| After Tenaculum was placedb | 20(28.5) | 50(71.4) | 9(12.8) | 61(87.1) | 0.022∗ |
| Insert Novak curettageb | 39(55.7) | 31(44.2) | 27(38.5) | 43(61.4) | 0.042∗ |
| During tissue aspirationb | 55(78.5) | 15(21.4) | 42(60) | 28(40) | 0.017∗ |
| 15 minutes after the procedureb | 8(11.4) | 62(88.5) | 7(10) | 63(90) | 0.785 |
| 2 hours after the procedurea | 3(4.3) | 67(95.7) | 1(1.4) | 69(98.5) | 0.31 |
∗Statistic significant: p-value <0.05, VAS: visual analog scale, a: Fisher's exact test, and b: Pearson chi-square.