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