The effect of local anaesthetic agents on opioid use and recovery in patients undergoing open heart surgery: a randomized controlled study

Table 4 Comparison of PoRI and its Subscales in the experimental and control groups

	Groups	n	Mean ± Std. Deviation	p
Psychological Symptoms	Control	30	3.53 ± 0.57	0.001
Psychological Symptoms	Experiment	30	2.28 ± 0.50	0.001
Physical Activities	Control	30	4.22 ± 0.91	0.020
Physical Activities	Experiment	30	4.00 ± 0.56	0.020
Appetite Symptoms	Control	30	3.33 ± 0.99	0.001
Appetite Symptoms	Experiment	30	1.93 ± 0.56	0.001
Bowel Symptoms	Control	30	3.09 ± 1.03	0.001
Bowel Symptoms	Experiment	30	1.63 ± 0.49	0.001
General Symptoms	Control	30	3.32 ± 0.88	0.001
General Symptoms	Experiment	30	2.20 ± 0.65	0.001
Total	Control	30	3.60 ± 0.68	0.001
Total	Experiment	30	2.63 ± 0.37	0.001

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