Effect of emergency integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine plus clinical nursing pathway in surgically-treated acute appendicitis patients

Table 2 Between-group comparison of Numeric Rating Scale scores, median (interquartile range)

Indicators	Control group (n = 60)	Research group (n = 70)	Z	P value
Pre-operation	6.00 (4.25, 7.00)	6.00 (4.00, 7.00)	-0.637	0.524
1-day post-operation	4. 00(3.00, 5.75)	3.50 (2.00, 5.00)	-2.146	0.032
3-day post-operation	4.00 (3.00, 5.00)	2.00 (2.00, 3.00)	-5.013	< 0.001