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Figure 2 shows, that the mean values of marked ticks dropped from 4.0 in S1 to 2.6 in S2 to 1.9 in S3.
Fig. 2: Change of mean values of number of checked pain related canadian goose jacket questions from the Roland Morris Pain Questionnaire due to Gokhale Method Foundations course. Unpaired test.
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