Table 5.

Subjective comfort parameters and handgrip strength in the two groups

	Group C (n = 50)	Group E (n = 50)	P-value
Thirst (score, mean ± SD)
Pre1d	1.5 ± 0.5	1.4 ± 0.6	0.858
Pre 15 min	1.2 ± 0.4*	1.2 ± 0.4*	0.806
Pos 1 h	3.1 ± 0.8*	2.9 ± 0.8*	0.132
Fatigue (score, mean ± SD)
Pre1d	3.0 ± 0.8	3.0 ± 0.7	0.796
Pre 15 min	3.1 ± 0.8*	2.7 ± 0.7*	0.010
Pos 1 h	3.9 ± 1.2*	3.3 ± 1.1*	0.007
Hunger (score, mean ± SD)
Pre1d	3.1 ± 0.9	3.0 ± 0.7	0.616
Pre 15 min	3.2 ± 1.0	2.6 ± 0.8*	0.002
Pos 1 h	4.0 ± 1.0*	3.3 ± 1.1	0.001
Anxiety (score, mean ± SD)
Pre1d	3.1 ± 0.9	3.0 ± 0.8	0.907
Pre 15 min	3.7 ± 0.9*	3.3 ± 0.9*·	0.025
Pos 1 h	3.5 ± 0.8*	3.1 ± 0.7	0.009
Handgrip strength (Kg, mean ± SD)
Pre1d	31.2 ± 7.9	30.7 ± 7.4	0.750
Pre 15 min	31.4 ± 8.8	35.3 ± 9.9*	0.038
Pos 1 h	29.5 ± 8.0	33.6 ± 8.4	0.016
Pos 1d	30.8 ± 8.3	34.4 ± 8.4*	0.037

Pre 1d Preoperative day 1, Pre 15 min Preoperative 15 min, Pos 1 h Postoperative 1 h, Pos 1d Postoperative day 1, SD Standard deviation

P-value indicates the statistical difference between the two groups at the same time point

^*Indicates a statistically significant difference compared with Pre 1d, P < 0.05