Table 2 The short-form McGill pain questionnaire between the intervention group and control group

Throbbing

1.00

0.94

0.90

0.96

1.10

0.92

.414

Sudden sharp

0.45

0.83

0.57

1.04

0.33

0.55

.283

Stabbing

0.43

0.72

0.57

0.82

0.30

0.60

.155

Lancinating

0.27

0.66

0.20

0.55

0.33

0.76

.439

Spastic

0.20

0.55

0.20

0.55

0.20

0.55

1.000

Gnawing

0.22

0.56

0.17

0.53

0.27

0.58

.490

Burning

0.10

0.40

0.07

0.37

0.13

0.43

.522

Soreness

0.93

0.99

0.73

0.94

1.13

1.01

.118

Heavy feeling

1.33

1.05

1.27

1.08

1.40

1.04

.628

Pain upon touching

0.10

0.40

0.07

0.37

0.13

0.43

.522

Tearing

0.13

0.47

0.07

0.37

0.20

0.55

.274

Exhausted

0.87

1.03

0.67

1.03

1.07

1.01

.135

Unbearable

0.60

0.85

0.57

0.94

0.63

0.76

.764

Fear

0.37

0.71

0.50

0.82

0.23

0.57

.149

Tortured

0.32

0.65

0.37

0.76

0.27

0.52

.556