Table 2.
The effect of pain intensity on requested treatment and acceptance of the proposed treatment. Mann–Whitney U Test (** p less than 0.001)
| VAS Scores | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min-Max (Median) | Mean±Std Dev. | p | Post-hoc power | ||
| Requested treatment (n = 30) | Extraction (n = 19) | 8-10 (9.0) | 9.21±0.85 | a0.001** | 0.998 |
| RCT (n = 11) | 5-10 (7.0) | 7.09±1.144 | |||
| Proposed extraction by dentist (n = 30) | Yes (n = 20) | 8-10 (9.0) | 9.15±0.87 | a0.001** | 0.999 |
| No (n = 10) | 5-10 (7.0) | 7.00±1.49 |