Home-Based Transcutaneous Neuromodulation Improved Constipation via Modulating Gastrointestinal Hormones and Bile Acids

Table 1

Comparisons of FC patients’ questionnaires. Median (quartile range), Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test.

	0th week (baseline)	1st week	2nd week	3rd week	4th week	8th week
FSBM	2.0 (1.0~2.0)	2.0 (1.0~2.0)	2.00 (2.0~2.0)	3.0 (2.5~3.0	4.0 (3.0~4.0	3.0 (3.0~4.0
BSS	2.0 (1.0~2.0)	- -	- -	- -	3.0 (3.0~4.0	3.0 (3.0~3.0
PAC-SYM	26.0 (24.5~32.0)	26.0 (24.0~29.0)	26.0 (24.0~31.0)	22.0 (20.0~24.0	16.0 (14.0~18.5	18.0 (14.5~18.5
PAC-QOL	52.0 (48.0~58.0)	52.0 (48.0~57.0)	52.0 (48.0~55.0)	39.0 (35.0~43.0	31.0 (27.0~36.0	33.0 (26.5~38.0
SAS	44.0 (37.5~51.5)	- -	- -	- -	30.0 (28.0~34.5	28.0 (26.0~28.5
SDS	44.0 (37.5~49.5)	- -	- -	- -	30.0 (28.0~32.5	29.0 (27.0~30.5

; versus baseline.