Table 2.

primary and secondary outcomes

Variable	Analogue N = 50	Digital N = 52	P-value
Total duration chest tube drainage (days)	3 (2–5)	2 (1–12)	0.488
LOS (days)	3 (2–6)	2.5 (1–14)	0.640
Number of patients undergoing surgery (n, %)	6 (12%)	13 (25%)	0.127
Number of chest X-ray during admission	2.5 (1–4)	2 (1–3)	0.158
Treatment failure (recurrence within one week) (n, %)	3 (6%)	3 (6%)	>  0.999
Recurrence within 12 weeks follow-up (n, %) (excluding those with treatment failure)	7 (16%) (missing follow-up in n = 3)	4 (8%)	0.339

Data presented as median (IQR) or number of patients (%). LOS: length of stay. Statistical tests used: Mann Whitney test, Fisher’s exact test