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Table 2 The results of the repeated measures analysis of variance for the variations of the mean score of CTR-associated pain across the four measurement time points

From: The effects of cold compress and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on the pain associated with chest tube removal among patients with coronary bypass grafting

Time

Group

Placebo

TENS

Cold compress

Combined

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Before CTR

0.03

0.18

0.00

0.00

0.03

0.18

0.00

0.00

During CTR

4.21

1.18

2.92

0.80

2.60

0.77

2.23

0.76

Immediately after CTR

3.83

1.07

2.27

0.78

2.03

1.0

1.27

1.08

Fifteen minutes after CTR

1.62

0.77

0.85

0.67

0.53

0.73

0.38

0.57

Source

Sum of squares

DF

F

P value

Time

617.38

3

562.04

< 0.001

Group

132.91

3

37.94

< 0.001

Time-group interaction

55.37

9

16.80

< 0.001

Error

124.94

107

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