Preemptive Oral Etoricoxib on Health-Related Quality of Life after Mandibular Third Molar Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 3

Comparison of the average dosage and number of patients during 7-day rescue analgesic intake among groups.

Variable	Control ()	Etoricoxib ()	value
Number of patients who consumed the first rescue analgesic medication during the period of evaluation (7 d)	27 (90%)	14 (46.7%)	^β
Number (%) of patients requiring no rescue analgesic medication during the period of evaluation (7 d)	3 (10%)	16 (53.3%)	^β
Total analgesic consumption for postoperative 7 d (tablets) ()			0.002^α
Total number of days taken with emergency analgesics			^α

Note: data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or number. ^αBy -test. ^βBy test.