Table 4.
Changes of the numeric pain rating scale (NRS) score in patients with the global perceived effects (GPE) score ≥4 points before and after oral nystatin treatment in the three different groups of oral dysesthesia patients.
| NRS score |
Candida culture (+) |
Candida culture (−) |
Without Candida culture test |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 13) | (n = 16) | (n = 40) | ||
| Initial NRS score | 4.0 ± 2.5 | 5.9 ± 2.9 | 4.4 ± 2.1 | P = 0.058b |
| Final NRS score | 1.8 ± 1.3 | 2.1 ± 1.5 | 1.5 ± 1.5 | P = 0.300b |
| P = 0.003a | P < 0.001a | P < 0.001a |
a
Paired samples and two-tailed Student t-test between the initial and final NRS scores in each group.
b
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) among the three different groups.