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. 2019 May 8;3(4):e37. doi: 10.22114/ajem.v0i0.130

Table 3:

The mean score (SD) of the delta pain and the pain reduction rate in the study patients based on the baseline characteristics

Δ Pain score P Pain reduction per minute P
Acetaminophen (n=75) Ketorolac (n=75) Acetaminophen (n=75) Ketorolac (n=75)
Gender
  Male 13.4 (8.0) 14.9 (8.0) 0.395 0.58 (0.37) 0.65 (0.35) 0.389
  Female 16.6 (9.2) 17.5 (9.8) 0.716 0.68 (0.36) 0.74 (0.43) 0.515
P 0.105 0.271 0.207 0.313
Pain cause
  Trauma 17.4 (8.2) 18.1 (5.6) 0.677 0.75 (0.32) 0.78 (0.28) 0.587
  Non-trauma 13.0 (8.6) 14.1 (10.8) 0.617 0.54 (0.39) 0.60 (0.45) 0.483
P 0.027* 0.014* 0.042* 0.037*
Pain intensity
  Moderate 16.1 (7.6) 15.1 (6.5) 0.472 0.70 (0.33) 0.66 (0.31) 0.435
  Severe 12.7 (10.0) 19.2 (14.0) 0.083 0.48 (0.41) 0.80 (0.58) 0.040*
P 0.111 0.012* 0.256 0.340
*

Statistically significant