Table 3.

Outcome values of non-invasive sacral nerve stimulation, presenting the individual effectiveness in the included patients.

	n = 17
Defecation frequency
Improvement to daily/every second day	10
Improvement to increased frequency	2
No influence	5
Stool consistency
Improvement to normal consistency	4
Changes in stool consistency	6
No influence	7
Abdominal pain
Reduction of abdominal pain	13
No influence	4
Increase of abdominal pain	0
Soiling (affected cases: 11 patients)
Improvement of soiling	9
No influence	2

Overall effectiveness of the non-invasive sacral nerve stimulation therapy was seen in 59% of patients (n = 10, responders).