Appendix Table 1.

Baseline and follow-up GI scores for 115 patients who completed the UCLA SCTC GIT 2.0 instrument at 2 time points

Scales	Baseline			Follow-up period			P value
	Mean Score	Standard Deviation	Range	Mean Score	Standard Deviation	Range
Reflux	0.71	0.54	(0, 2.63)	0.66	0.53	(0, 2.75)	0.6
Distention/Bloating	1.09	0.83	(0, 3.00)	1.09	0.83	(0, 3.00)	0.8
Diarrhea	0.57	0.68	(0, 2.00)	0.47	0.56	(0, 2.00)	0.1
Fecal soilage	0.3	0.67	(0, 3.00)	0.28	0.61	(0, 3.00)	0.9
Constipation	0.44	0.50	(0, 2.25)	0.42	0.47	(0, 2.00)	0.5
Emotional well-being	0.49	0.65	(0, 2.78)	0.41	0.60	(0, 2.78)	0.6
Social functioning	0.26	0.51	(0, 3.00)	0.24	0.46	(0, 2.5)	0.8
Total Score*	0.67	0.47	(0, 2.18)	0.62	0.47	(0, 2.01)	0.5

^*Total score is sum of 6 of 7 scales (excludes Constipation scale).