TABLE 2.

Comparatively shows the effects of the three interventions on the evaluated outcome variables

Variable	Group				P value1	P value2	P value3	P value4
	Time	GPT n = 76	GPT/MTL n = 51	DXM n = 53
BCSS [mean (SD)]	Baseline	3.96 (0.85)	3.29 (0.50)	3.23 (0.46)	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.864
	End	2.49 (1.03)	1.33 (0.86)	0.34 (0.62)	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
	Difference	1.47 (0.81)	1.96 (0.69)	2.89 (0.32)	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
	P value5	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	‐	‐	‐	‐
VAS [mean (SD)]	Baseline	3.12 (1.08)	2.75 (0.99)	2.62 (0.92)	0.016	0.107	0.019	0.812
	End	1.68 (0.59)	0.94 (0.75)	0.25 (0.58)	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
	Difference	1.43 (1.13)	1.80 (1.11)	2.37 (0.82)	<0.0001	0.127	<0.0001	0.016
	P value5	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	‐	‐	‐	‐
Hospitalization duration (median [IQR])	During the study	10 (7)	8 (3)	9 (5)	<0.000 *	<0.0001	0.079	0.149

Note: P value₁: Comparison of the three groups (ANOVA or ANCOVA); P value₂: Comparison of GPT and GPT/MTL groups (Tukey post hoc test); P value₃: Comparison of GPT and DXM groups (Tukey post hoc test); P value₄: Comparison of GPT/MTL and DXM groups (Tukey post hoc test); P value₅: Comparison of end and baseline values within each group (paired‐samples t test).

^*Distribution was not normal and it was normalized by natural logarithm due to positive skewness (1.99).