Table 1.
Comparison of Richmond scale scores between the experiment and the control groups during the intervention period (the first and the second 5 days)
| Richmond score Group |
+ 4n (%) | + 3 n (%) | + 2 n (%) | + 1 n (%) | 0 n (%) | -1 n (%) | -2 n (%) | -3 n (%) | -4n (%) | -5n (%) | Total n (%) | Fisher exact test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First 5 days | Experiment | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 48 (11.00) | 1130 (51.40) | 2253 (60.40) | 343 (31.60) | 9 (2.60) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 3785 (48.10) | F 10=1207.50p<0.001 |
| Control | 2 (100.00) | 40 (100.00) | 390 (89.00) | 1068 (48.60) | 1479 (39.60) | 743 (68.40) | 335 (97.40) | 21 (100.0) | 1 (100.00) | 1 (100.00) | 40771 (51.90) | ||
| Total | 2 (100.00) | 40 (100.00) | 438 (100.00) | 2200 (100.00) | 3730 (100.00) | 1086 (100.00) | 344 (100.00) | 21 (100.00) | 1 (100.00) | 1 (100.00) | 7861 (100.00) | ||
| Second 5 days | Experiment | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 12 (5.90) | 349 (33.70) | 811 (46.70) | 134 (19.00) | 2 (1.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1308 (33.40) | F 10=1260.45p<0.001 |
| Control | 2 (100.00) | 16 (100.00) | 191 (94.10) | 686 (66.30) | 926 (53.30) | 572 (81.00) | 208 (99.00) | 3 (100.00) | 1 (100.00) | 1 (100.00) | 2606 (66.60) | ||
| Total | 2 (100.00) | 16 (100.00) | 203 (100.00) | 1035 (100.00) | 1737 (100.00) | 706 (100.00) | 120 (100.00) | 3 (100.00) | 1 (100.00) | 1 (100.00) | 3914 (100.00) | ||