Procedure-Related Access Site Pain Multimodal Management following Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention: A Randomized Control Trial

Table 2

Access-site pain intensity prevalence during the follow-up period between control and intervention groups according to pain intensity subgroups: ≤4/10 and >4/10.

Pain intensity (NRS)	≤4/10		>4/10		p
	Control group	Intervention group	Control group	Intervention group
Follow-up time
n (%)
After the PCI	51 (75.0)	56 (86.2)	17 (25.0)	9 (13.8)	0.105
2 h	46 (67.6)	58 (89.2)	22 (32.4)	7 (10.8)	0.003
12 h	55 (80.9)	65 (100)	13 (19.1)	0	<0.001
24 h	64 (94.1)	65 (100)	4 (5.9)	0	0.047
48 h	65 (95.6)	65 (100)	3 (4.4)	0	0.087
1 week	62 (91.2)	65 (100)	6 (8.8)	0	0.028
1 month	64 (94.1)	65 (100)	4 (5.9)	0	0.047
3 months	68 (100)	65 (100)	0	0	—

NRS: numeric rating scale; PCI: percutaneous cardiac intervention; C: contingency coefficient, C-0.170, C-0.170.