Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Efficacy of Acacia nilotica Linn. Pod’s Sitz Bath plus Vaginal Pessary in Syndromic Management of Abnormal Vaginal Discharge: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

Overall therapeutic outcome (clinical cure, microbiological cure, and therapeutic cure in both groups).


Variables		Bacterial vaginosis		Candidiasis		Cervicitis		uPID
Groups		AG	PG	AG	PG	AG	PG	AG	PG

No. of Pt		7(100)	6(100)	0	1(100)	22(100)	22(100)	7(100)	14(100)
Clinical cure
Colour of discharge
D0	White	7(100)	4(66.6)	0	1(100)	4(66.6)	6(27.27)	2(28.57)	4(28.57)
	Greyish	0(0)	0			15(68.18)	14(63.63)	2(28.57)	6(42.85)
	Yellowish	0(0)	2(33.33)			3(13.63)	2(9.09)	3(42.85)	4(28.57)
	Greenish	0(0)	0(0)			0(0)	0(0)	0(0)	0(0)
D11-14	Responded	7(100)	0	0	0	17(77.27)	0	5(71.42)	0
Odour of discharge
D0	No-smell	0(0)	0(0)	—	0(0)	0(0)	0(0)	0(0)	0(0)
	Foul-smell	7(100)	0(0)	—	1(100)	19(86.36)	21(95.45)	5(71.42)	8(57.14)
	Fishy	0(0)	6(100)			3(13.63)	1(4.54)	2(28.57)	6(42.85)
D11-14	Responded	7(100)	0	0	0	20(90.90)	0	7(100)	0
Amount of discharge
D0	Present	7(100)	6(100)	—	1(100)	22(100)	22(100)	7(100)	14(100)
D11-14	Responded	7(100)	0	—	0	10(45.45)	0	5(71.42)	0
D0	Ut. motion tenderness	—	—	—	—	17(77.27)	18(81.81)	7(100)	14(100)
D11-14	Responded	—	—	—	—	10(58.82)	0	5(71.42)	0
D0	McPS	—	—	—	—	—	—	7(100)	14(100)
D11	Responded	—	—	—	—	—	—	5(71.42)	0
Microbiological and investigational cure (vaginal smear, pH, pap smear)
D0	pH > 4.5	6(85.7)	5(83.33)	—	—	—	—	—	—
D11-14	Responded	6(100)	0
D0	Clue cells	7(100)	6(100)
	Hyphae	—	—	—	1(100)	—	—	—	—
	Pus cells >10					22(100)	21 (95.45)	6(85.71)	13(92.8)
D11-14	Responded	7(100)	0		0	13(59.09)	0	6	7(100)
D0	Whiff test	7(100)	6(100)	—	—	—	—	—	7(100)
D11-14	Responded	7(100)	0	—	—	—	—	—	7(100)
D0	Pap smear	7(100)	6(100)	-	1(100)	22(100)	22(100)		7(100)
D11-14	Responded	7(100)	0	—	—	10(45.45)	0		7(100)
Therapeutic cure		7(100)	0	0	0	10(45.45)	0	5(71.42)	0

Data presented were as follows: no (%); AG : Acacia group; PG : placebo group; McPS : Modified McCormack Pain Scale; Pt : patient; uPID (uncomplicated pelvic inflammatory disease)