Padded Dressing with Lidocaine HCL for Reducing Pain during Intravenous Cannulation in Adult Patients: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 3

Comparison of the previous and current VDSs between and within the groups.

	Control ()		Lidocaine ()		Chi-square
		%		%
Previous VDS					1.689	0.194
Mild pain	6	15.0	10	27.0
Moderate pain	34	85.0	27	73.0
Current VDS					51.569	0.0001
Mild pain	4	10.0	34	91.9
Moderate pain	36	90.0	3	8.1
Mc Nemar	0.625		0.0001

p <0.05.