TABLE 3.

Verbal Descriptor Scale (VDS) Variation

VDS	Group T Mean±SD (Median)	Group C Mean±SD (Median)	p
Postop 1st min	1.33±0.49 (1)	2.53±0.64 (3)	0.001**
Postop 5th min	1±0.38 (1)†	2.33±0.72 (2)	0.001**
Postop 15th min	0.93±0.46 (1)†	2.07±0.96 (2)†	0.001**
Postop 30th min	0.93±0.46 (1)†	1.93±0.88 (2)†	0.001**
Postop 1st hr	0.93±0.46 (1)†	1.4±0.74 (1)‡	0.047*
Postop 2nd hr	0.8±0.56 (1)‡	1.13±0.64 (1)‡	0.140
Postop 4th hr	0.73±0.46 (1)‡	0.93±0.59 (1)‡	0.339
Postop 6th hr	0.73±0.59 (1)‡	0.8±0.56 (1)‡	0.732
Postop 12th hr	0.6±0.63 (1)‡	0.47±0.52 (0)‡	0.604
Postop 24th hr	0.27±0.46 (0)‡	0.4±0.51 (0)‡	0.446

Mann-Whitney U Test; †‡Wicoxon Sign Test;

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01; †when evaluating in-group p<0.05; ‡when evaluating in-group p<0.01; SD: Standard deviation.