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Table 2 Mefenamic acid usage in foot reflexology and control groups

From: A randomized clinical trial on the effect of foot reflexology performed in the fourth stage of labor on uterine afterpain 

Variable

Foot reflexology group 

(n = 40)

Control

group (n = 40)

p-value*

Mefenamic acid used in the third hour (mg)

18.7 ± 66.6

75.0 ± 116.0

0.010

Mefenamic acid used in the fourth hour (mg)

6.2 ± 39.5

25.0 ± 75.9

0.170

Total mefenamic acid used (mg)

25.0 ± 75.9

100.0 ± 124.0

0.002

  1. * Mann-Whitney test was used