Traditional Japanese Medicine Daikenchuto Improves Functional Constipation in Poststroke Patients

Table 3

Constipation scoring system (CSS) subcategory scores in both groups at baseline and endpoint.

	DKT^a group (𝑁=17)		Intragroup difference	Control group (𝑁=17)		Intragroup difference	Intergroup difference
	Baseline	Endpoint^b	𝑃^∗	Baseline	Endpoint	𝑃	𝑃
Q1 (points)	2.2±1.5	1.2±1.4	<0.01	2.1±1.4	2.1±1.5	0.33	<0.01
Q2 (points)	0.5±0.9	0.3±0.7	—	0.6±0.9	0.6±0.9	—	0.07
Q3 (points)	1.2±1.2	0.8±1.0	0.049	1.5±1.3	1.6±1.4	0.33	0.03
Q4 (points)	0.4±0.8	0.4±0.7	—	0.7±0.9	0.7±0.9	—	0.33
Q5 (points)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Q6 (points)	1.8±0.5	1.4±0.8	0.03	1.7±0.7	1.7±0.7	1.00	0.02
Q7 (points)	0.1±0.2	0.1±0.2	—	0.1±0.2	0.1±0.2	—	1.00
Q8 (points)	1.9±1.1	1.9±1.1	—	1.5±0.9	1.5±0.9	—	1.00

Intragroup difference was calculated using the paired 𝑡-test only when the intergroup difference was significant.
aDKT, Daikenchuto.
bEndpoint: after the 4-week trial period.
∗Significance designated at 𝑃<0.05.