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Table 4 Secondary outcome measures at baseline and at day seven for both feet combined

From: Treatment of tungiasis with a two-component dimeticone: a comparison between moistening the whole foot and directly targeting the embedded sand fleas

 

Baseline

Day 7

Outcome

N

Median

IQRa

Min

Max

N

Median

IQRa

Min

Max

p valueb

Inflammation score

56

4.3

3.4

1

22

57

0.5

1.5

0

12

<0.001

Visual scales

 Intensity of spontaneous pain

60

3

1

1

4

60

0

1

0

4

<0.001

 Intensity of itching

60

3

1

1

4

60

0

1

0

3

<0.001

 Itch-related sleep disturbance

60

2

1

1

4

60

0

1

0

4

<0.001

 Pain-related sleep disturbance

60

2

1

1

4

60

0

0

0

3

<0.001

 Degree of mobility impairment

52

2

1

1

4

59

0

1

0

4

<0.001

  1. aInterquartile range
  2. bKruskall-Wallis test