TABLE 4.
Benefit, Satisfaction, and Willingness to Continue Treatment: Over-the-Counter Versus Prescription Laxative Users
| Baseline | Week 24b | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTC Therapies | Prescription Laxatives | OTC Therapies | Prescription Laxatives | |
| Baselinea | n = 268 | n = 46 | n = 171 | n = 37 |
| Have you had any benefit from your constipation treatment? n (%) | ||||
| No | 76 (28.4) | 14 (30.4) | 39 (22.8) | 6 (16.2) |
| Yes | 192 (71.6) | 32 (69.6) | 132 (77.2) | 31 (83.8) |
| If yes, how much benefit? n (%) | ||||
| Little benefit | 113 (58.9) | 8 (25.0) | 82 (62.1) | 11 (35.5) |
| Much benefit | 79 (41.1) | 24 (75.0) | 49 (37.1) | 20 (64.5) |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Taking all things into account, are you satisfied with your constipation treatment? n(%)c |
n = 169 | n = 43 | n = 171 | n = 37 |
| No | 100 (59.2) | 17 (39.5) | 77 (45.0) | 8 (21.6) |
| If no, how dissatisfied? n (%) | ||||
| A little dissatisfied | 51 (51.0) | 11 (64.7) | 50 (64.9) | 6 (75.0) |
| Very dissatisfied | 49 (49.0) | 6 (35.3) | 27 (35.1) | 1 (12.5) |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) |
| Yes | 69 (40.8) | 26 (60.5) | 94 (55.0) | 29 (78.4) |
| If yes, how satisfied? n (%) | ||||
| A little satisfied | 35 (50.7) | 9 (34.6) | 54 (57.4) | 11 (37.9) |
| Very satisfied | 34 (49.3) | 17 (65.4) | 40 (42.6) | 18 (62.1) |
| Would you be willing to continue constipation treatment with this medication? n (%) | ||||
| No | 12 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (7.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| If no, how unwilling? n (%) | ||||
| A little unwilling | 10 (83.3) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (91.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Very unwilling | 2 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Yes | 256 (95.5) | 46 (100.0) | 159 (93.0) | 37 (100.0) |
| If yes, how willing? n (%) | ||||
| A little bit willing | 76 (29.7) | 4 (8.7) | 67 (42.1) | 3 (8.1) |
| Very willing | 179 (69.9) | 42 (91.3) | 92 (57.9) | 34 (91.9) |
| Missing | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
aThe n presented in each column presents the total number of patients completing the questionnaire. The exact denominator for frequency and means may vary slightly in cases where item-level data are missing.
bThe results at week 12 are similar to the results at week 24.
cDue to a problem with the programming of the survey, this question was not presented to 29 participants. The data are missing.
OTC = over-the-counter.