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Table 5 The patients’ postoperative pain in different groups after propensity score matching

From: Comparison of postoperative pain between patients who underwent primary and repeated cesarean section: a prospective cohort study

Outcomes

Group P (n = 45)

Group R (n = 45)

Statistics

Rest incision pain VAS at PO 4 h

18 (11, 20)

11 (7, 16)

U = 2.508, P = 0.012

Moving incision pain VAS at PO 4 h

29 (21, 39)

23 (13, 30)

U = 2.705, P = 0.007

Visceral pain VAS at PO 4 h

22 (6, 32)

27 (17, 36)

U = 1.690, P = 0.091

Rest incision pain VAS at PO 8 h

13 (9, 19)

9 (4, 13)

U = 2.423, P = 0.015

Moving incision pain VAS at PO 8 h

25 (21, 34)

22 (12, 29)

U = 1.922, P = 0.055

Visceral pain VAS at PO 8 h

21 (8, 28)

20 (11, 30)

U = 0.342, P = 0.732

Rest incision pain VAS at PO 12 h

12 (6, 15)

9 (3, 12)

U = 1.973, P = 0.048

Moving incision pain VAS at PO 12 h

24 (21, 32)

15 (10, 26)

U = 3.198, P = 0.001

Visceral pain VAS at PO 12 h

13 (0, 25)

11 (0, 24)

U = 0.470, P = 0.638

Rest incision pain VAS at PO 24 h

6 (0, 13)

4 (0, 6)

U = 1.482, P = 0.138

Moving incision pain VAS at PO 24 h

22 (17, 29)

14 (9, 20)

U = 3.408, P = 0.001

Visceral pain VAS at PO 24 h

0 (0, 13)

5 (0, 15)

U = 0.373, P = 0.709

Rest incision pain VAS at PO 48 h

0 (0, 8)

0 (0, 4)

U = 1.043, P = 0.297

Moving incision pain VAS at PO 48 h

20 (12, 27)

14 (10, 20)

U = 1.804, P = 0.071

Visceral pain VAS at PO 48 h

0 (0, 8)

0 (0, 5)

U = 0.096, P = 0.924

Inadequate analgesia on incision pain

17 (37.8%)

6 (13.0%)

χ2 = 7.368, P = 0.007

Inadequate analgesia on visceral pain

7 (15.6%)

9 (19.6%)

χ2 = 0.252, P = 0.615

  1. Group P and R mean patients who received primary and repeated cesarean delivery, respectively; Data were presented as median (interquartile range) or as numbers (percentage); PO = Postoperative; VAS = Visual analogue scale