Table 3.

Intraoperative Need for Rescue Analgesia, Time to the First Request of Postoperative Analgesia in Hours and Number of Patients Requesting Analgesia in the 1st Two Hours

Intraoperative Need for Rescue Analgesia	Interventional (n = 30)	Control (n = 30)	RR	95% C.I.	p
No, number (%)	21 (70.0%)	14 (46.7%)	0.5625	0.2963,1.0678	0.067
Yes, number (%)	9 (30.0%)	16 (53.3%)			(NS)
Time to the 1st Request of Analgesia (Hours)	Interventional (n = 30)	Control (n = 30)	d	95% C.I.	p
Mean (SD)	8.27 (1.82)	3.25 (1.33)	3.1494	2.392,3.9068	0.0001*
Analgesia Request in 1st 2 Hours	Interventional (n = 30)	Control (n = 30)	RR	95% C.I.	p
No, number (%)	29 (96.7%)	22 (73.3%)	0.125	0.0166,0.9388	0.026*
Yes, number (%)	1 (3.3%)	8 (26.7%)

Notes: *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05. p: p-value for comparing between the two groups. d: standardized mean difference effect size.

Abbreviations: C.I, confidence interval; RR, relative risk.