Table III.
Comparison of seals using the fit factor and real-time function
| Outcome | Control Mean (SD) | % change from the control: Geometric mean (95% CI) |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavilon™ | Silicone scar sheet | Tegaderm™ | |||
| Overall | 1142.3 (405.3, 3219.9) | +40.3 (–36.5, 209.5) | –61.2c (–82.4, –14.4) | –37.6 (–71.7, 37.8) | 0.015 |
| Ratio after to before grimace | 0.39 (0.12, 1.21) | +19.3 (–76.1, 494.3) | +233.4 (–33.1, 1561.5) | +220.7 (–35.6, 1497.9) | 0.28 |
| Deep | 2757.8 (969.8, 7842.4) | –13.9 (–72.1, 165.6) | –74.2a (–91.6, –20.4) | –28.2 (–76.7, 121.4) | 0.082 |
| Side to side | 3363.7 (774.3, 14,612.0) | –7.9 (–72.7, 210.6) | –83.7a (–95.2, –45.1) | –63.8 (–89.3, 22.1) | 0.015 |
| Talking | 620.0 (294.0, 1307.5) | 66.1 (–12.5, 215.4) | –53.0a (–75.2, –10.7) | –9.3 (–52.3, 72.2) | 0.0048 |
| Bending | 1784.0 (557.4, 5709.6) | 58.7 (–40.2, 321.4) | –75.5a (–90.8, –35.1) | –36.3 (–76.0, 69.0) | 0.0043 |
| Minimum real-time (range) | 1507.0 (485.3, 4679.8) | –37.1 (–78.7, 86.1) | –84.5a (–94.8, –54.2) | –60.2 (–86.5, 17.7) | 0.011 |
| Maximum real-time (range) | 2510.7 (850.7, 7409.4) | –56.7 (–85.4, 28.4) | –88.9a (–96.3, –67.1) | 2132.0 (–87.6, 9.1) | 0.0036 |
| Median real-time (range) | 2038.4 (689.1, 6029.4) | –51.7 (–83.6, 42.1) | –87.8a (–95.9, –64.2) | –61.1 (–86.8, 14.3) | 0.0047 |
a,b,c,d Significant differences from control (P < 0.05) if overall P < 0.05.
The only significant pairwise effects noted are those that are significantly different from the control.