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Table 4 Comparison the intervention and control groups in terms of decrease in the children’s body temperature in different times of the study

From: Comparing the effect of body wash with marshmallow plant and lukewarm water on reducing the temperature of febrile children: a randomized clinical trial

Group

Body temperature changes

Intervention

Control

P-value (main intervention effect)

P-value (main effect of time factor)

P-value (interaction effect of intervention and time factor)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

at 15th minute

-0.47

0.14

-0.26

0.11

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.127

at 30th minute

-1.13

0.20

-0.87

0.20

at 45th minute

-0.81

0.23

-0.53

0.20

at 60th minute

-1.42

0.24

-1.20

0.24

at 4th hours

-1.64

0.27

-1.50

0.44

at 6th hours

-1.17

0.26

-1.02

0.41