Table 3.

The severity of constipation (score) in the control and intervention groups

Duration of intervention	Control group		Intervention group		The significance level
	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation
Before the intervention	10.64	0.7	10.88	0.71
30 days after the intervention	10.6	0.50	7.48	1.16	0.001*
60 days after the intervention	10.52	0.50	6.44	0.65	0.001*
The significance level	0.70**		0.001**

*Independent t-test

**Repeated-measures test