Table 2.
The curative effect after 12 weeks.
| Control | Experimental | P1 | P2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | |||
| n | 51 | 50 | — | — | ||
| Cured | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Markedly effective | — | 4 | — | 7 | — | — |
| Effective | — | 28 | — | 32 | — | — |
| Ineffective | — | 18 | — | 9 | — | — |
| Effective ratio | — | 64.70% | — | 82.00% | — | — |
| PAC-QOL | 95.64 ± 15.51 | 81.64 ± 14.68 | 98.29 ± 17.23 | 70.69 ± 16.73 | 0.42 | ≤0.00 |
| T | 0.81 | 3.49 | — | — | ||
| Defecation frequency | 2.07 ± 1.26 | 1.23 ± 1.10 | 1.82 ± 1.33 | 0.81 ± 0.68 | 0.38 | 0.04 |
| Defecation inactivity | 2.47 ± 1.34 | 1.27 ± 0.82 | 2.82 ± 1.09 | 0.87 ± 0.73 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
| Defecation strain | 2.51 ± 1.15 | 1.42 ± 1.15 | 2.11 ± 1.33 | 0.98 ± 0.86 | 0.14 | 0.05 |
| Abdominal distension | 1.37 ± .29 | 0.79 ± 0.48 | 1.52 ± 1.22 | 0.59 ± 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.04 |
| Defecation time | 2.02 ± 1.17 | 1.43 ± 1.06 | 2.45 ± 1.20 | 1 ± 0.98 | 0.72 | 0.05 |
P1 : comparison between before or after treatment of the control group; P2 : comparison between the before or after treatment of the experimental group; ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01.