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Table 3 Group differences in the three experience factors

From: The holistic effects of medical cannabis compared to opioids on pain experience in Finnish patients with chronic pain

 

MC

Opioid

     
 

M (SD)

CI

M (SD)

CI

W

p

pB

RBC

BF10

1. Negative side effects

1.87 (0.87)

1.60—2.14

2.25 (.96)

1.95—2.55

964.00

0.042

0.13

0.27

1.89

2. Positive emotional

5.72 (0.75)

5.48—5.96

4.13 (1.28)

3.73—4.53

217.50

5.75E-08

 < .001

-0.71

1466.00

3. Positive holistic

5.54 (0.62)

5.35—5.73

4.86 (1.04)

4.53—5.19

401.50

3.32E-04

 < .001

-0.47

17.16

  1. The range in each factor is from 1 to 7, calculated as average to the respective experience questions which were rated on a 7-point Likert scale from “Completely of the opposite opinion” to “Completely of the same opinion”
  2. MC medical cannabis, M mean, SD standard deviation, CI = 95% confidence interval, RBC Rank-Biserial Correlation; pB = Bonferroni-corrected p-value (i.e., p-value multiplied by three)
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Journal of Cannabis Research

ISSN: 2522-5782