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Table 3 Comparison of the study’ variables at the baseline (phase I) and the end of the second phase in the lavender and control groups

From: Dental pain perception and emotional changes: on the relationship between dental anxiety and olfaction

Parameters

Lavender Group (Mean ± SD)

Control Group (Mean ± SD)

Phase I

Phase II

Change

P- value

Baseline

Phase 2

Change

P-value

SBP

140.56

 ± 16.53

133.16 ± 12.20

- 7.4 ± 12.34

0.021

142.32 ± 12.36

137.09

 ± 10.04

- 5.23 ± 11.24

0.143

DBP

81.63

 ± 11.24

80.43 ± 6.87

- 1.2

 ± 10.25

0.062*

80.45 ± 10.23

79.69

 ± 9.98

- 0.76

 ± 10.54

0.239

HR

76.61

 ± 10.21

69.26 ± 7.76

- 7.35

 ± 9.21

0.041

76.81 ± 11.23

71.68

 ± 5.67

- 5.13 ± 2.98

0.042$

RR

17.82 ± 1.30

16.48 ± 0.78

- 1.34

 ± 0.12

0.041

17.80

 ± 1.34

16.82

 ± 6.98

- 0.98

 ± 2.14

0.214

Spo2

96.65%

 ± 1.78

97.98%

 ± 1.96

 + 1.33% ± 0.25

0.032

96.22% ± 2.89

96.78% ± 0.87

 + 0.56% ± 0.29

0.367

MDAS

7.43

 ± 0.121

5.22 ± 0.54

- 2.21 ± 0.13

0.012

7.73

 ± 0.15

7.30

 ± 0.98

- 0.43

 ± 0.21

0.340

STAI

75.54

 ± 10.65

70.84

 ± 9.91

- 4.7 ± 8.60

0.011

76.58 ± 11.12

76.02

 ± 0.87

- 0. 56

 ± 0.43

0.653

Pain score

89.78 ± 1.23

80.96

 ± 0.87

- 8.82 ± 3.34

0.023

93.21 ± 2.23

90.84

 ± 4.76

- 2.37

 ± 0.67

0.087

  1. SD Standard Deviation, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure, HR Heart Rate, RR Respiratory Rate, Spo2 Oxygen saturation, MDAS Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, STAI Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, VAS Visual Analog Scale
  2. *Not Significant
  3. $Significant