Comparison of three different prophylactic treatments for postoperative nausea and vomiting after total joint arthroplasty under general anesthesia: a randomized clinical trial

Table 6 Other clinical outcomes

	Group A (n = 108)	Group B (n = 108)	Group C (n = 116)	p	p1	p2	p3
Time to first defecation (h)	52.4 ± 16.5	46. 7 ± 11.8	37.2 ± 9.0	< 0.001	0.006	< 0.001	< 0.001
Appetite score on POD 0	2.2 ± 0.8	2.4 ± 0.7	2.6 ± 0.6	0.009	0.106	0.002	0.054
Appetite score on POD 1	2.3 ± 0.7	2.4 ± 0.7	2.7 ± 0.5	0.001	0.298	< 0.001	0.002
Appetite score on POD 2	2.6 ± 0.5	2.6 ± 0.5	2.7 ± 0.4	0.121	-	-	-
Time to first ambulation (h)	27.1 ± 8.2	28.5 ± 10.8	25.6 ± 6.3	0.298	-	-	-
Satisfaction score	9.3 ± 0.7	9.3 ± 0.9	9.7 ± 0.4	0.001	0.661	0.007	< 0.001
LOH (d)	5.4 ± 2.1	5.0 ± 2.2	4.1 ± 2.2	0.02	0.321	0.001	0.049

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation
POD, postoperative day; LOH, length of hospitalization
*p values with one-way analysis of variance; ^†p values with Tukey’s post hoc test
P1, Group A vs. B; p2, Group A vs. C; p3, Group B vs. C

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