Table 2 |
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Summary of days of pain, mean pain intensity, and days of missed activities. |
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Time |
Guided Imagery (n = 14) |
Breathing Alone (n = 8) |
P-Value1 |
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Days with Pain2 |
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Baseline |
23.0 (17.6, 28.3) |
14.4 (7.7, 21.1) |
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Month 1 |
7.5 (2.9, 12.2) |
11.3 (4.3, 18.2) |
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Improvement |
67% |
21% |
0.05 |
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Month 2 |
4.2 (0.9, 7.5) |
7.9 (3.7, 12.0) |
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Improvement |
82% |
45% |
< 0.01 |
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Mean Intensity of Pain Episodes |
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Baseline |
2.5 (1.9, 3.2) |
2.7 (2.0, 3.5) |
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Month 1 |
1.2 (0.9, 1.5) |
1.6 (0.6, 2.5) |
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Improvement |
52% |
41% |
0.58 |
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Days with Missed Activities2 |
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Baseline |
4.0 (1.5, 6.5) |
1.3 (0.2, 2.4) |
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Month 1 |
0.6 (0, 1.3) |
1.1 (0.2, 2.1) |
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Improvement |
85% |
15% |
0.02 |
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Month 2 |
0.2 (0,0.5) |
0.3 (0,0.7) |
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Improvement |
95% |
77% |
0.05 |
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1 Student's t-test 2 Both days with pain and missed activities are given per month. |
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Weydert et al. BMC Pediatrics 2006 6:29 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-6-29 |
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