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Table 5 Mean (SD) of duration (%) of playing behaviors in cats before and after dental treatment

From: Pain behaviors before and after treatment of oral disease in cats using video assessment: a prospective, blinded, randomized clinical trial

Individual behavior

Time point

Minimal

Severe

p value between groups

p value compared with baseline

Minimal

Severe

Pawing ribbon

Baseline

45.0 (31.8)

15.7 (19.8)

0.018a

  

Day 1

46.7 (37.2)

0.4 (0.7)

< 0.001

0.943

0.004a

Day 2

27.1 (25.7)

11.9 (17.5)

0.143

0.003a

0.300

Day 3

39.4 (36.9)

14.9 (20.3)

0.054

0.208

0.739

Day 4

33.4 (35.1)

11.4 (15.1)

0.086

0.034

0.462

Day 5

36.7 (36.6)

12.4 (18.1)

0.059

0.087

0.474

Day 6

33.4 (29.5)

5.9 (15.2)

0.013a

0.064

0.025a

No pawing but attention to ribbon

Baseline

13.6 (15.9)

22.3 (12.5)

0.031a

  

Day 1

10.0 (15.9)

15.3 (20.1)

0.0001a

0.610

0.002a

Day 2

10.0 (18.1)

14.6 (16.9)

0.016a

0.718

0.748

Day 3

5.6 (10.2)

15.4 (15.8)

0.016a

0.672

0.808

Day 4

3.9 (5.9)

22.4 (24.3)

0.026a

0.506

0.665

Day 5

4.8 (8.1)

16.9 (19.5)

0.024a

0.405

0.580

Day 6

2.7 (4.1)

19.9 (23.8)

0.010a

0.427

0.824

  1. a not significant after adjustment