Table 2 VAS scores of patients while at rest and coughing

VAS at rest

1^st hour

2 (2–3)

3 (2–4)

3 (2–5)

0.001^b

0.066

0.001

0.454

2^nd hour

1 (1–2)

3 (1–3)

3 (2–4)

< 0.001^b

0.072

< 0.001

0.214

4^th hour

1 (0–1)

2 (1–3)

3 (2–4)

< 0.001^{a, b}

0.007

< 0.001

0.164

12^th hour

1 (0–1)

2 (13)

3 (2–3)

< 0.001^{a, b}

0.014

< 0.001

0.174

24^th hour

1 (0–2)

2 (1–2)

2 (1–3)

0.003^b

0.149

0.002

0.479

48^th hour

0 (0–1)

1 (1–2)

2 (1–2)

< 0.001^{a, b}

0.002

< 0.001

0.396

VAS coughing

1^st hour

3 (3–4)

4 (3–5)

5 (3–6)

< 0.001^b

0.066

< 0.001

0,353

2^nd hour

3 (2–3)

4 (2–4)

5 (3–6)

< 0.001^b

0.091

< 0.001

0,173

4^th hour

2 (1–3)

3 (2–4)

4 (3–5)

< 0.001^{a, b}

0.023

< 0.001

0,088

12^th hour

2 (1–2)

3 (2–4)

4 (3–4)

< 0.001^{a, b, c}

0.011

< 0.001

0,035

24^th hour

2 (1–3)

3 (2–4)

3 (3–4)

0.001^b

0.146

< 0.001

0,216

48^th hour

2 (2–2)

2 (2–3)

3 (2–3)

< 0.001^{a, b}

0.019

< 0.001

0,224