Research Article

The Effect of Foot Massage on Pain of the Intensive Care Patients: A Parallel Randomized Single-Blind Controlled Trial

Table 2

The pain score in the family-based massage group, nurse-based massage group, and control at different times.

Pain scoreGroup
Family-based massage groupNurse-based massage groupControl group
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)

Before intervention4.48 (0.77)4.76 (1.13)4.28 (1.14)
Immediately after intervention3.64 (0.70)2.88 (0.78)4.20 (0.76)
One week after the intervention3.36 (0.64)2.96 (0.67)4.00 (0.71)

SD: standard deviation.