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Table 2 Summary of primary and secondary outcomes

From: Aromatherapy for the treatment of PONV in children: a pilot RCT

 

Control

Aromatherapy

p-value

Effect (Eta)

2 point reduction on BARF scale (Y/N)

14/18 (77.8 %)

19/21 (90.5 %)

0.39

0.175

Use of pharmacological rescue (Y/N)

8/18 (44.4 %)

11/21 (52.4)

0.75

0.079

Emesis (Y/N)

2/18 (11.1 %)

2/21 (9.5 %)

0.87

0.026

Continued use of intervention (Y/N)

5/18 (28 %)

14/21 (66 %)

0.048

0.33

Reduction in BARF scale magnitude

3.8 (95 % CI ±3.7)

3.2 (95 % CI ±2.4)

0.52

0.01

  1. Reduction in BARF magnitude is expressed as mean and 95 % CI. The means were compared using T-Test with calculation of effect size. Otherwise data are expressed as percentage of subjects meeting the outcome (binary Y/N) and means were compared using Chi-Square test with calculation of effect size