Table 2. Median of the pre- and post-therapy oral intake levels.

	EG [min;max]	CG [min;max]	Intergroup p -value
Initial FOIS	4 [1;5]	5 [1;5]	0.822
Final FOIS	7 [2;7]	6 [1;6]	0.126
Intragroup p -value	0.039*	0.059**

Abbreviations: CG, control group; EG, experimental group; FOIS, functional oral intake scale.

Notes: *statistically significant; **tendency to be statistically significant.