Table 3.

Patient tolerance and acceptance

	Standard	Split group
Variable		Day 1	Day 2	P value
No. of patients	78	75
100% intake of solution (n,%)	72 (92.3)	66 (88.0)	72 (96.0)	0.75*
Average sleeping time of Day 1 (h)	6.6 ± 1.6	6.5 ± 1.4		0.80
Did the evacuation disturb your sleep? Yes (n,%)	20 (26.0)	19 (26.4)		0.95
No. of times got up for evacuation	1.9 ± 0.91	2.4 ± 1.6		0.27
Could you sleep well compared to usual day? (well/fair/difficult/very difficult) (%)	(18/44/30/8)	(14/47/36/3)		0.95
Did you feel hungry in the night time of day 1? (none/mild/moderate/severe) (%)	(34/37/25/4)	(34/41/21/4)		0.76
How easy/difficult to take preparation?
(easy/fair/difficult/very difficult) (%)	(41/43/8/8)	(37/40/15/8)		0.47
Any symptoms (%)
Nausea
(none/mild/moderate/severe)	(87/6/6/1)	(88/7/4/1)		0.74
Vomiting
(no/yes)	(75/5)	(100/0)		0.05
Distension
(none/mild/moderate/severe)	(31/36/26/7)	(36/36/20/8)		0.67
Abdominal pain
(none/mild/moderate/severe)	(87/10/3/0)	(87/8/5/0)		0.66
Toilet accident (eg, wet one’s pants etc.)
(no/attempt/yes) (%)	(87/9/4)	(77/13/10)		0.05
Willingness to repeat
the same preparation regimen (%)
(yes/yes, if anything/no, if anything/no)	(32/45/15/8)	(20/27/30/23)		P<0.001

* Same-day group vs. split-dose group (Day 2).