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Table 1 Correct answers to test on Ramsay sedation scale, and median number of correct answers: frequencies and percentages or median and interquartile range

From: Teaching pain recognition through art: the Ramsay-Caravaggio sedation scale

Correct answers

Control Group,

n. 9

Caravaggio Group,

n. 11

p-value*

Total,

n. 20

Ramsay 1

2 (22%)

2 (18%)

1.000

4 (20%)

Ramsay 2

0 (0%)

1 (9%)

1.000

1 (5%)

Ramsay 3

4 (44%)

2 (18%)

0.336

6 (30%)

Ramsay 4

5 (56%)

11 (100%)

0.026

16 (80%)

Ramsay 5

9 (100%)

11 (100%)

20 (100%)

Ramsay 6

8 (89%)

6 (55%)

0.157

14 (70%)

Total

3 (3 – 4)

3 (3 – 3)

0.575

3 (3 – 3)

  1. *p-values refers to two-tailed Fisher exact test for comparison between proportions, and to Mann-Whitney rank-sum test to comparison between medians