Effect of whole-process management based on planned behavior theory on postoperative recovery of acute appendicitis patients

Table 2 Comparative analysis of postoperative pain between the experimental and control groups, mean ± SD

Group	n	6 hours after surgery (score)	12 hours after surgery (score)	24 hours after surgery (score)	48 hours after surgery (score)
Experimental group	84	4.17 ± 0.51	3.52 ± 0.50a	2.85 ± 0.36a,b	1.94 ± 0.36a,b,c
Control group	73	4.82 ± 0.63	4.85 ± 0.52	4.12 ± 0.58a,b	3.51 ± 0.53a,b,c
t		7.185	16.247	16.838	21.907
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 vs 6 hours after operation.

^bP < 0.05 vs 12 hours after operation.

^cP < 0.05 vs 24 hours after operation.