Research Article
Effect of Acupuncture on Postoperative Pain in Patients after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Table 3
Pain and PONV scores at 0 h, 6 h, 9 h, and 12 h.
| | Outcomes | Acupuncture group (n = 21) | Control group (n = 21) | valuea | | Mean (SD) | Change from 0 h mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Change from 0 h mean (SD) |
| | Pain score | | 0 h | 5.67 (1.28) | | 5.76 (1.30) | | 0.812 | | 6 h | 4.38 (0.97) | −1.29 (0.58) | 5.45 (1.08) | −0.31 (0.37) | 0.002 | | 9 h | 2.05 (0.88) | −3.62 (1.90) | 2.76 (0.77) | −3.00 (0.92) | 0.008 | | 12 h | 1.86 (0.99) | −3.81 (1.62) | 1.90 (1.17) | −3.85 (1.70) | 0.887 | | PONV score | | 0 h | 4.10 (1.30) | | 4.38 ± 1.27 | | 0.476 | | 6 h | 3.10 (0.87) | −1.00 (0.61) | 4.00 ± 1.04 | −0.38 (1.30) | 0.004 | | 9 h | 3.92 (1.22) | −0.16 (1.58) | 4.24 ± 1.17 | −0.14 (1.58) | 0.398 | | 12 h | 1.57 (0.75) | −2.52 (0.60) | 1.43 ± 0.83 | −2.95 (1.62) | 0.560 |
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PONV, postoperative nausea and vomiting; acalculated using multivariate analysis of variance.
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