Comparison of the Effects of Hugo’s Point Massage and Play on IV-Line Placement Pain in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 2

One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to compare the perceived pain intensity in study groups before and after IV-line placement.

	Group	Mean difference	Std. deviation	F value	value	Difference
Before	Control (a)	1.83	1.76	1.23	0.838	No difference
	Play (b)	2.00	1.56
	Hugo’s point (c)	1.67	1.40
After	Control (a)	7.00	1.76	7.34	0.006	a > b
	Play (b)	5.12	2.27			a > c
	Hugo’s point (c)	6.67	1.73			c > b

Post hoc Scheffe test was used to determine differences.