Effect of three modalities on emergence agitation among post-traumatic stress disorder patients undergoing laparoscopy: a randomized controlled study

Table 6 Post-operative complications and recovery time (according to modified aldert’s score) of female patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery

Post-operative complications	Group 1 (*n =* 36)		Group 2 (*n =* 36)		Group 3 (*n =* 36)			Group 4 (*n =* 36)		χ²	p
	No.	%	No.	%	No.		%	No.	%
Gastrointestinal complications
None	35	97.2	35	97.2	35		97.2	30	83.3	6.511^b	^MCp= 0.033^b
Nausea	1	2.8	1	2.8	1		2.8	6	16.7	6.511^b	^MCp= 0.033^b
Significance between groups	^FEp₁=1.000,^FEp₂=1.000,^FEp₃=0.107, p₄^FEp₁=1.000,^FEp₅=0.107, p₆^FE=0.107
Hemodynamic instability
No	27	75.0	31	86.1	29		80.6	12	33.3	29.059^b	<0.001^b
Yes	9	25.0	5	13.9	7		19.4	24	66.7
Significance between groups	p₁=0.234, p₂=0.571, p₃<0.001^b, p₄=0.527, p₅<0.001^b, p₆<0.001^b
Recovery time according to Modified Aldert’s score in minutes
Mean ± SD.	8.0^a ± 2.53			9.83 ± 3.22		7.56^a ± 3.07		10.69 ± 3.25		21.864^b	<0.001^b
Median (Min. – Max.)	8 (4 – 5)			10 (4 –15)		7 (3 – 15)		10 (5 –15)		21.864^b	<0.001^b

Group 1: Relaxation technique (breathing and muscle contraction/relaxation exercises)
Group 2: Ketamine intravenous injection
Group 3: Relaxation technique and Ketamine intravenous injection
Group 4: Control group
SD Standard deviation, H H for Kruskal Wallis test, pairwise comparison bet. each 2 groups were done using Post Hoc Test (Dunn's for multiple comparisons test)
p: p value for comparing between the studied four groups
p₁: p value for comparing between Group 1 and Group 2
p₂: p value for comparing between Group 1 and Group 3
p₃: p value for comparing between Group 1 and Group 4
p₄: p value for comparing between Group 2 and Group 3
p₅: p value for comparing between Group 2 and Group 4
p₆: p value for comparing between Group 3 and Group 4
^aStatistically with control
^bStatistically significant at p ≤ 0.05

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