Table 6.

POMS scores on post-operative days 3, 5 and 10

		Group				p value
		Control		Intervention
		Count	Column, N (%)	Count	Column, N (%)
POMS, day 3 score	0	42	35.0	41	34.2	0.617
	1	46	38.3	52	43.3
	2	19	15.8	20	16.7
	3	11	9.2	5	4.2
	4	2	1.7	2	1.7
	Total	120	100.0	120	100.0
POMS, day 3	0	42	35.0	41	34.2	0.892
	>0	78	65.0	79	65.8
	Total	120	100.0	120	100.0
POMS, day 5 score	0	56	48.7	57	52.8	0.222
	1	37	32.2	40	37.0
	2	13	11.3	7	6.5
	3	9	7.8	3	2.8
	5	0	0.0	1	0.9
	Total	115	100.0	108	100.0
POMS, day 5	0	56	48.7	57	52.8	0.542
	>0	59	51.3	51	47.2
	Total	115	100.0	108	100.0
POMS, day 10 score	0	55	60.4	52	57.1	0.634
	1	25	27.5	30	33.0
	2	8	8.8	5	5.5
	3	2	2.2	3	3.3
	4	1	1.1	0	0.0
	5	0	0.0	1	1.1
	Total	91	100.0	91	100.0
POMS, day 10	0	55	60.4	52	57.1	0.651
	>0	36	39.6	39	42.9
	Total	91	100.0	91	100.0