Table 3 Outcome measure score (Mean ± SD) of two groups over the periods

 Group A

75.45 ± 6.59

83.20 ± 9.41^a

89.84 ± 11.74^ab

 Group B

77.71 ± 8.69

87.58 ± 9.93^a

100.47 ± 11.97^ab

 P value^#

1.000

0.321

< 0.001

 Group A

0.82 ± 0.90

2.16 ± 0.96^a

2.93 ± 0.88^ab

 Group B

1.17 ± 0.86

2.42 ± 0.93^a

3.31 ± 0.90^ab

 P value^#

0.658

1.000

0.463

 Group A

1.25 ± 1.04

2.47 ± 1.01^a

3.36 ± 0.89^ab

 Group B

1.42 ± 0.98

2.88 ± 0.83^a

3.90 ± 0.54^ab

 P value^#

1.000

0.241

0.030

 Group A

12.53 ± 1.59

6.78 ± 2.11^a

4.07 ± 2.07^ab

 Group B

11.95 ± 1.45

6.20 ± 2.00^a

2.96 ± 1.99^ab

 P value^#

1.000

1.000

0.035

 Group A

15.22 ± 4.45

22.00 ± 3.59^a

24.33 ± 2.93^ab

 Group B

15.80 ± 4.10

22.15 ± 3.46^a

24.42 ± 2.81^ab

 P value^#

1.000

1.000

1.000

 Group A

0.09 ± 0.29

0.56 ± 0.54^a

0.64 ± 0.62^ab

 Group B

0.11 ± 0.31

0.33 ± 0.51^a

0.45 ± 0.57^b

 P value^#

1.000

0.181

0.793