Long-term medical treatment of patients with severe burns at exposed sites

Table 2 Comparison of pain severity scores between the two groups (mean ± SD)

Group	Number of cases	Before treatment (scores)	3 d after treatment (scores)	One week after treatment (scores)	On day 14 of treatment (point)
A	13	7.3 ± 1.4	5.2 ± 1.5	3.8 ± 0.9	1.8 ± 0.7
B	13	7.0 ± 1.2	6.4 ± 1.0	5.2 ± 1.2	4.5 ± 1.3
t value		-	2.624	3.075	6.269
t‘ value		1.075	-	-	-
P value		0.3033	0.0222	0.0096	< 0.0001

On days 3, 7, and 14 of the Chinese herbal therapy, the pain severity scores were compared between the two groups, respectively, and the results all showed statistically significant differences (P < 0.05).