Research Article
Effect of Eucalyptus Oil Inhalation on Pain and Inflammatory Responses after Total Knee Replacement: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Table 2
General characteristics of the eucalyptus oil and control groups (
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| Characteristics | Total () | Control () | Eucalyptus oil () | or | P-value |
| Age (years) | 68.2 (7.6) | 67.5 (8.9) | 68.9 (6.1) | 0.69 | .49a | Gender | | | | | | Female | 48 (92.3) | 24 (88.9) | 24 (96) | 0.19 | .61b | Male | 4 (7.7) | 3 (11.1) | 1 (4.0) | | | Surgical classification | | | | | | Unilateral | 37 (71.2) | 18 (66.7) | 19 (76.0) | 0.19 | .66c | Bilateral | 15 (28.9) | 9 (33.3) | 6 (24.0) | | | BMI (kg/m2) | 26.4 (3.1) | 26.1 (3.23) | 26.7 (3.0) | −0.68 | .50a | Education | | | | | | ≤Elementary | 34 (65.4) | 16 (59.3) | 18 (72.0) | 2.17 | .37b | Middle | 5 (9.6) | 2 (7.4) | 3 (12) | | | ≥High | 13 (25.0) | 9 (33.3) | 4 (16.0) | | | Marital status | | | | | | Married | 52 (100) | 27 (100) | 25 (100) | | | Employed | | | | | | Yes | 12 (23.1) | 7 (25.9) | 5 (20.0) | 0.03 | .86c | No | 40 (76.9) | 20 (74.1) | 20 (80.0) | | | Duration of osteoarthritis (years) | 7.2 (5.5) | 6.0 (5.2) | 8.5 (5.7) | −1.67 | .11a | Hypertension medication | | | | | | Yes | 38 (73.1) | 19 (70.4) | 19 (76) | 0.02 | .89c | No | 14 (26.9) | 8 (29.6) | 6 (24) | | | Diabetes medication | | | | | | Yes | 15 (28.9) | 8 (29.6) | 7 (28) | 0.00 | 1.00c | No | 37 (71.2) | 19 (70.4) | 18 (72) | | |
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Data reported as mean (SD) or (%). Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation, BMI: body mass index. t-test. Fisher's exact test. Chi-square test.
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