Table 3. Scores of the patients’ questionnaires before and after fecal microbiota transplantation.
| Questionnaire | FMT-day (week 0) | Week 1 | Week 3 | Week 12 | Week 20/28) | Pa |
Pb | Pc | Pd | Pe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBS-SSS | 328.8±20.7 | 219.1±30.2 | 236.4±31.1 | 247.9±37.1 | 250.8±35.9 | 0.008 | 0.002 | 0.0003 | 0.014 | 0.015 |
| Bristol stool form scale | 4.8±0.5 | 3.7±0.4 | 3.9±0.4 | 4.2±0.3 | 3.8±0.5 | 0.07 | 0.042 | 0.0075 | 0.17 | 0.16 |
| SF-NDI | 34.9±2.0 | - | 27.5±2.3 | - | 28.6±2.4 | 0.0045 | - | 0.0039 | - | 0.0068 |
| EPQ-N-12 | 4.8±0.8 | - | 3.7±0.8 | - | 4.7±1.3 | 0.36 | - | 0.07 | - | 0.6 |
| HAD, anxiety | 7.2±1.1 | - | 5.3±1.0 | - | 5.9±1.5 | 0.18 | - | 0.016 | - | 0.24 |
| HAD, depression | 5.3±0.98 | - | 3.5±0.8 | - | 5.3±1.2 | 0.08 | - | 0.038 | - | >0.9 |
Data are presented as the mean±SEM. Comparison
a one-way ANOVA with repeated measures; and Paired t test
b FMT day (week 0) vs. week 1
c FMT day (week 0) vs. week 3
d FMT day (week 0) vs. week 12
e FMT day (week 0) vs. week 20/28.
FMT: Fecal microbiota transplantation.
IBS-SSS: Irritable bowel syndrome-symptom severity scale.
SF-NDI: short form-Nepean dyspepsia index.
EPQ-N-12: The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Neuroticism.
HAD: Hospital Anxiety and Depression.