. 2022 Dec 19;95(1):e28393. doi: 10.1002/jmv.28393

Table 2.

Comparison of symptoms on pre‐ and post‐intervention between two groups of study

Symptoms		Intervention group (n = 125)	Control group (n = 125)	p Value^a
Fever	Before (yes, %)	63 (50.4)	53 (42.4)	0.205
	After (yes, %)	4 (3.2)	1 (0.8)	0.175
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Chills	Before (yes, %)	58 (46.4)	56 (44.8)	0.800
	After (yes, %)	0	0
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Cough	Before (yes, %)	73 (58.4)	78 (62.4)	0.518
	After (yes, %)	12 (9.6)	18 (14.4)	0.243
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Dyspnea	Before (yes, %)	60 (48.4)	66 (53.2)	0.446
	After (yes, %)	9 (7.2)	24 (19.2)	0.005 ^*
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Chest pain	Before (yes, %)	33 (26.4)	33 (26.4)	0.970
	After (yes, %)	8 (6.4)	5 (4)	0.393
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Sore throat	Before (yes, %)	25 (20)	27 (21.6)	0.755
	After (yes, %)	0	0
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Headache	Before (yes, %)	30 (24)	38 (30.4)	0.256
	After (yes, %)	0	0
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Myalgia	Before (yes, %)	58 (46.4)	70 (56)	0.129
	After (yes, %)	5 (4)	5 (4)	0.999
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Diarrhea	Before (yes, %)	19 (15.2)	28 (22.4)	0.145
	After (yes, %)	0	0
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Nausea	Before (yes, %)	40 (32)	35 (28)	0.490
	After (yes, %)	0	0
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Vomiting	Before (yes, %)	10 (8)	14 (11.2)	0.390
	After (yes, %)	0	0
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Olfactory	Before (yes, %)	34 (27.2)	24 (19.2)	0.057
	After (yes, %)	11 (8.8)	10 (8)	0.668
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*
Weakness	Before (yes, %)	43 (34.4)	54 (43.2)	0.153
	After (yes, %)	4 (3.2)	12 (9.6)	0.039 ^*
	p Value ^b	<0.001 ^*	<0.001 ^*

Note: Bold values are statistically significant p values.

^{^a}

p Value based on χ² test or Fisher exact test;

^{^b}

p Value based on McNemar test;

p < 0.05 considered as significant.