Table 2.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptom Severity Index scores for study participants
(Mean values and standard deviations)
| Severity of abdominal pain | Severity of abdominal distension | Satisfaction with bowel habits | Effect of IBS-C on quality of life | Sum | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Constipated (n 9) | 1·6 | 3·7 | 10·7 | 17·6 | 32·4 | 21·6 | 14·2 | 21·9 | 58·8 | 47·3 |
| IBS-C (n 23) | 22·1 | 20·3 | 25·9 | 24·4 | 66·9 | 16·4 | 43·8 | 23·7 | 158·7 | 59·3 |
| P | 0·005 | 0·082 | <0·001 | 0·004 | <0·001 | |||||
IBS-C, irritable bowel syndrome complicated by constipation.