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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 23.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Aug 19;13(4):709–716. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.08.015

Table 5.

Comparison of FISI and FIQOL between consulters, non-consulters whose FI was serious, and consulters and non-consulters whose FI was not serious.

Consulters “Serious” Non-Consulters “Not Serious” Non-Consulters
Mean S.D. Mean S.D. Mean S. D.
Solid FI Freq 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.3
Liq FI Freq 1.9 1.5 2.0ǂ 1.4 1.1* 1.2
Mucus FI Freq 1.3 1.5 1.1ǂ 1.1 0.3* 0.5
Gas Freq 3.1 1.7 2.5 1.9 2.6 1.8
FISI Total Score 27.3 12.4 26.1 13.3 21.9* 9.6
FIQOL Lifestyle 2.7 0.9 2.9 0.8 2.0 1.0
FIQOL Coping 2.1 0.8 2.4 0.9 3.4 0.8
FIQOL Depression 2.9 0.8 3.2 0.9 3.3 0.9
FIQOL Embarrassment 2.5 0.9 2.7 0.8 2.7 1.0
FIQOL Total Score 10.4 2.9 11.3 2.8 11.2 3.5
ǂ

Significant difference between “serious” non-consulters and “not-serious” non-consulters.

*

Significant difference between consulters and “not serious” non-consulters.