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Impact of Self-Watching Double J Stent Insertion on Pain Experience of Male Patients: A Randomized Control Study Using Visual Analog Scale

Table 2

Comparison of pain (based on visual analog scale) and vital signs in the 2 patient groups.
 Group AGroup B value
Age, y, mean SD38.13 14.7239.53 14.980.675
Duration of procedure, min5.34 0.895.36 0.870.899
Preprocedure, mean SD:   
 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg125.80 18.44132.40 21.5240.145
 Pulse, beats/min 82.25 5.96980.93 7.0720.369
 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg78.08 7.50278.38 8.3690.866
Postprocedure, mean SD:   
 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg126.63 15.590135.90 20.3480.025 *
 Pulse, beats/min 83.38 5.07781.90 6.5430.263
 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg79.50 6.87280.28 7.7860.638
 Mean pain score (VAS)1.40 1.9326.43 1.7520.000 *
Pain, by category:   
 No pain140 
 Mild pain225 
 Moderate pain325 
 Severe pain 1 10 
 *A value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.