Table 2. Intragroup comparison of various pain rating scales with Ice Pre -treatment (IP) and without Ice Pre-treatment (WIP) in Group-1 (Infiltration) (Result of Wilcoxon signed rank test) .
| N | Mean rank | z value | p value | ||
| VAS_IP – VAS_WIP | Negative Ranks | 3 | 8.83 |
-5.495 |
<0.001*** |
| Positive Ranks | 40 | 22.9 | |||
| Ties | 7 | ||||
| Total | 50 | ||||
| WBS_IP – WBS_WIP | Negative Ranks | 1 | 13.50 |
-5.358 |
<0.001*** |
| Positive Ranks | 37 | 19.66 | |||
| Ties | 12 | ||||
| Total | 50 | ||||
| Sound_IP – Sound_WIP | Negative Ranks | 1 | 6.50 |
-3.000 |
.003** |
| Positive Ranks | 12 | 7.04 | |||
| Ties | 37 | ||||
| Total | 50 | ||||
| Eye_IP – Eye_WIP | Negative Ranks | 0 | .00 |
-5.745 |
.000*** |
| Positive Ranks | 33 | 17.00 | |||
| Ties | 17 | ||||
| Total | 50 | ||||
| Motor_IP – Motor_WIP | Negative Ranks | 0 | .00 |
-2.236 |
.025* |
| Positive Ranks | 5 | 3.00 | |||
| Ties | 45 | ||||
| Total | 50 |
***very highly significant, ** highly significant, * significant