Table 2.
Mean and standard deviation of qualitative variables of baseline demographic characteristics in two groups (n=200)
| Variable | Condition | Frequency (percentage) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midazolam group | Placebo group | |||
| Sex | Male | 53 (53) | 49 (49) | 0.671* |
| Female | 47 (47) | 51 (51) | ||
| NGT indication | GI decompression | 10 (10) | 14 (14) | 0.001** |
| GI bleeding | 12 (12) | 0 (0) | ||
| Gastric washing | 52 (52) | 59 (59) | ||
| Persistent epigastric pain | 14 (14) | 11 (11) | ||
| Acute cholecystitis | 12 (12) | 10 (10) | ||
| Acute pancreatitis | 0 (0) | 6 (6) | ||
| Time reminder of NGT insertion | No | 4 (4) | 6 (6) | 0.748* |
| Yes | 96 (96) | 94 (94) | ||
*Chi-square test was applied, **Fisher’s exact test was applied. GI=Gastrointestinal, NGT=Nasogastric tube