. 2020 Sep 17;20:437. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02336-x

Table 2.

Consequences associated with drooling before and after scopolamine skin patch and family satisfaction among children with drooling

	Scopolamine STP use	Severity of Sialorrhea							Statistical significance^a
	Scopolamine STP use	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Very severe	Severity score		Statistical significance^a
*Consequences associated with drooling*		%	%	%	%	%	Mean	SD	P-value
Frequency of drooling	Before	0.0	3.1	9.4	31.3	56.2	4.41	0.80	P<0.001
Frequency of drooling	After	28.1	31.3	25	9.4	6.2	2.34	1.18	P<0.001
Frequency of wiping of the child’s mouth	Before	3.1	3.1	18.8	9.4	65.6	4.31	1.09	P<0.001
Frequency of wiping of the child’s mouth	After	31.3	37.5	9.4	15.6	6.2	2.28	1.25	P<0.001
Frequency of bibs or clothing changes	Before	9.4	12.5	21.9	28.1	28.1	3.53	1.29	P<0.001
Frequency of bibs or clothing changes	After	46.9	34.4	6.2	9.4	3.1	1.88	1.10	P<0.001
Choking and aspiration of saliva	Before	56.3	6.2	18.8	12.5	6.2	2.06	1.37	P=0.001
Choking and aspiration of saliva	After	84.4	12.5	3.1	0.0	0.0	1.19	0.47	P=0.001
*Family satisfaction*	Unsatisfied %		Less satisfied %		Neutral %		Satisfied %		Very satisfied %
*Family satisfaction*	12.5		6.2		21.9		12.5		46.9

^aWilcoxon signed-ranks test was applied