Table 4.

The means of the paired differences between outcome at baseline and after 3 months (paired samples test) and the effect of treatment (test of between-subjects effects).

Outcome	Ayurveda		Conventional		Tests of between-subjects effects (treatment)
	Mean of the paired differences ± std	Sig	Mean of the paired differences ± std	Sig	Sig	Partial η 2
IBS - Severity Scoring System (IBS-SSS)	130.8 ± 81.2	<0.001	87.1 ± 99.5	<0.001	0.34	0.681
IBS - Quality Of Life (IBS-QOL)	17.5 ± 15.2	<0.001	11.9 ± 20.4	0.002	0.27	0.631
Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS)	1.9 ± 6.5	0.093	1.0 ± 5.6	0.289	0.62	0.281
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-Total)	2.8 ± 6.1	0.01	−0.1 ± 5.2	0.947	0.41	0.582
Hospital Anxiety Scale (HADS-A)	1.8 ± 3.9	0.01	−0.3 ± 3.3	0.647	0.23	0.705
Hospital Depression Scale (HADS-D)	1.0 ± 3.3	0.07	0.2 ± 2.7	0.66	0.54	0.407
WHO-5 Well-Being Index	10.5 ± 21.3	0.006	6.7 ± 18.5	0.042	0.67	0.235