Ultrasound-guided intra-sacroiliac joint injection — methylprednisolone versus triamcinolone: a randomized comparative study

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 6 Patient satisfaction and the analgesic requirement in the two studied groups

	Groups				Test of significance	p -value
	Group 1 (MTP group) ( N = 45)		Group 2 (TMC group) ( N = 45)		Test of significance	p -value
The degree of satisfaction
Not satisfied	4	8.9%	5	11.1%	MC = 0.126	0.939
Satisfied	35	77.8%	34	75.6%		0.961
Highly satisfied	6	13.3%	6	13.3%		0.936
The analgesic requirement (20-mg piroxicam)
Before injection	29	64.4%	31	68.9%	Χ ² = 0.164	0.6855
After injection	11	24.4%	9	20%	Χ ² = 0.249	0.617
P1	0.0254		0.0098

P probability. P1 significance in relation to initial (before injection value) according to the analgesic requirement. Categorical data expressed as number (%). MC Monte-Carlo test. Χ ² chi-square test