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Table 8 Comparison between group A and group B regarding Pittsburgh sleep questionnaire after 1 week postoperative

From: General anesthesia versus ultrasound-guided axillary block for ambulatory hand surgery: randomized prospective study

Pittsburgh sleep questionnaire after 1 week

Group A (n = 20)

Group B (n = 20)

t-test

P-value

Subjective sleep quality

1.61 ± 0.47

1.20 ± 0.35

3.129

0.003*

Sleep latency

2.23 ± 0.65

0.86 ± 0.25

8.798

< 0.001**

Sleep duration

1.86 ± 0.54

0.76 ± 0.22

8.437

< 0.001**

Habitual sleep efficiency

1.77 ± 0.52

1.36 ± 0.40

2.795

0.008*

Sleep disturbances

1.71 ± 0.50

1.39 ± 0.41

2.213

0.033*

Use of sleep medications

1.68 ± 0.49

0.76 ± 0.22

7.660

< 0.001**

Daytime dysfunction

0.95 ± 0.28

1.48 ± 0.43

4.619

< 0.001**

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD
  2. t-independent sample t-test
  3. *P-value < 0.05 was considered significant; **P-value < 0.001 was considered highly significant