Statistical analysis
pain
For data analysis, IBM SPSS Statistics 26 was used. A power analysis was performed to determine the sample size that was needed to provide a 95% probability of detecting differences between groups. One face (i.e., 2 points, translating to an effect size of  Baseline group differences for demographic characteristics were determined with independent sample  To answer the primary research aim, namely to assess whether self-reported pain was lower after TC than SC, an independent sample 