Table 1:
Showing demographic features of patients in both groups.
Parameter
Group A
Group B
P value
Gender
Female
18 (72%)
22 (88%)
Male
7 (28%)
3 (12%)
Age
Mean
21.8
19.5
0.0001
Psychological distress
100%
90 %
Duration of the symptoms in years (average)
1.4
1
0.6868
Previous Treatment
60%
20%
Degree of pain before starting treatment
(mean)
7.2
5.56
0.0066
Habit history
60%
40%
Presence of clicking
80%
80%
:
pain measured by a scale from zero to 10, where zero represents the lowest pain value and 10 the highest.