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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Surg. 2013 May;79(5):457–464.

Table 1.

Baseline and Temporary GES’s Gastroparesis Scores in all Patients and those with Severe and Non-severe Pain

All Patients Severe Pain Nonsevere Pain



Symptoms Baseline
(n = 95)
During Temporary
GES
(n = 83)
P Value of
Difference
Baseline
(n = 68)
During Temporary
GES
(n = 60)
P Value of
Difference
Baseline
(n = 27)
During Temporary
GES
(n = 23)
P Value of
Difference
Abdominal pain score (SD) 2.95 (1.24) 1.12 (1.31) < 0.001 3.62 (0.45) 1.29 (1.37) < 0.001 1.26 (0.94) 0.67 (1.06) 0.01
Early satiety score (SD) 2.99 (1.21) 1.34 (1.33) < 0.001 3.10 (1.1) 1.38 (1.32) < 0.001 2.72 (1.45) 1.26 (1.36) < 0.001
Distension score (SD) 2.85 (1.33) 1.07 (1.28) < 0.001 3.15 (1.11) 1.11 (1.26) < 0.001 2.11 (1.56) 0.98 (1.35) 0.001
Nausea (SD) 3.42 (0.86) 1.16 (1.26) < 0.001 3.44 (0.87) 1.11 (1.27) < 0.001 3.35 (0.83) 1.28 (1.25) < 0.001
Vomiting (SD) 2.43 (1.38) 0.46 (1.01) < 0.001 2.54 (1.33) 0.43 (0.91) < 0.001 2.13 (1.48) 0.54 (1.27) < 0.001
Total symptom score (SD) 14.63 (3.46) 5.15 (4.67) < 0.001 16.04 (2.75) 5.13 (4.5) < 0.001 11.63 (3.28) 4.59 (4.58) < 0.001

GES, gastric electrical stimulation; SD, standard deviation.