Table 3.

EQ-5D-3L mean score comparisons between groups

Field	Visit	Control group	BAD	PC	CD	p Value
Mobility (MOB)	Before Treatment	1.50 (1.22–1.78)	1.30 (1.10–1.51)	1.36 (1.02–1.70)	1.18 (0.91–1.45)	0.39
	After treatment		1.30 (1.06–1.55)	1.55 (1.19–1.89)	1.00 (1.00–1.00)	*0.04
	p value		p = 1.0	p = 0.34	p = 0.17
Self-care (SC)	Before treatment	1.25 (0.99–1.51)	1.04 (0.95–1.13)	1.08 (0.90–1.27)	1.09 (0.89–1.29)	0.36
	After treatment		1.00 (1.00–1.00)	1.17 (0.91–1.41)	1.00 (1.00–1.00)	0.05
	p value		p = 0.39	p = 0.34	p = 0.34
Activity (ACT)	Before treatment	1.67 (1.40–1.94)	2.04 (1.76–2.24)	1.50 (1.07–1.93)	1.45 (1.10–1.81)	*0.04
	After treatment		1.52 (1.20–1.80)	1.67 (1.35–1.98)	1.45 (1.10–1.81)	0.65
	p value		* p = 0.002	p = 0.44	p = 1.0
Pain and Discomfort (PD)	Before treatment	1.96 (1.72–2.19)	1.96 (1.75–2.16)	1.92 (1.59–2.24)	2.00 (1.47–2.52)	0.99
	After treatment		1.78 (1.52–2.04)	2.00 (1.62–2.38)	1.55 (1.08–2.01)	0.23
	p value		p = 0.16	p = 0.59	p = 0.1
Anxiety and Depression (AD)	Before treatment	1.79 (1.49–2.10)	1.87 (1.60–2.14)	1.67 (1.35–1.98)	1.91 (1.71–2.11)	0.75
	After treatment		1.61 (1.36–1.86)	1.92 (1.41–2.42)	1.64 (1.30–1.98)	0.37
	p value		p = 0.06	p = 0.19	p = 0.19
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)	Before treatment	66.68 (55.89–77.47)	59.23 (48.70–69.85)	54.67 (39.59–69.75)	64.09 (46.17–82.01)	0.53
	After treatment		63.14 (54.14–72.14)	59.33 (41.82–76.85)	71.64 (58.25–85.02)	0.41
	p value		p = 0.48	p = 0.39	p = 0.26

BAD: Bile acid diarrhoea, PC: post-cholecystectomy, CD: terminal ileal resected Crohn’s Disease. 95%CI is represented within parenthesis. p Values on the right-hand column indicate comparison of mean scores between the groups at that specific moment in time. The p values in each row indicate comparison of mean scores between each group before and after treatment. * denotes p < 0.05