5. Reporting of medium‐term pain (2 to 3 days).
Study | Scale used* | Person Reporting | Data Reported | Meta‐analysis? | Results |
Chang 2005 | Wong‐Baker FACES 10‐point VAS | Child | Mean and SD graphically | N | Pain scores lower in tonsillotomy group (mean 1.9, SD 2) than tonsillectomy (mean 4.3, SD 2.5), P < 0.005 |
Parent | Y | See Analysis 1.22 | |||
Ericsson 2009 | 5‐point VAS | Parent | Median and IQR graphically (data not normally distributed) | N | The median pain score was lower in children who had undergone tonsillotomy compared to tonsillectomy; 2 (IQR 1 to 2) versus 3 (IQR 2 to 3), P < 0.0001 |
Li 2013 | 5‐point VAS | Parent | Mean and SD | Y | See Analysis 1.22 |
Park 2007 | Wong Baker FACES 10‐point VAS | Parent | Mean and SD graphically | Y | See Analysis 1.22 |
Skoulakis 2007 | 10‐point VAS | Parent | Mean graphically | N | "on average, the pain scores were significantly lower (about 50%) for the tonsillotomy group than for the tonsillectomy group (P < 0.01)" |
IQR: interquartile range SD: standard deviation VAS: visual analogue scale