Table 3.
Comparison the effect of treatment in the children with functional constipation, in two groups of cassia fistula emulsion and mineral oil, before and after medication
| |
Number of present criteria/the total criteria of Rome III |
BEFORE MEDICATION |
FIRST WEEK |
SECOND WEEK |
THIRD WEEK |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Cassia fistula |
Mineral oil |
Cassia fistula |
Mineral oil |
Cassia fistula |
Mineral oil |
Cassia fistula |
Mineral oil |
||
| (n=41) | (n=40) | (n=37) | (n=38) | (n=37) | (n=37) | (n=37) | (n=34) | |||
| Inside the criteria of Rome ІІІ |
6/6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 5/6 |
11 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
||
| (Not improved) |
4/6 |
15 |
17 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
| 3/6 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
||
| 2/6 |
2 |
6 |
13 |
8 |
11 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
||
| Out of criteria |
1/6 |
- |
- |
8 |
8 |
10 |
9 |
12 |
8 |
|
| (Improved) | 0/6 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 9 | |