Table 3:
Change at week six from baseline in the patients’ bowel habit.
Item of bowel diary
Patient 1
Patient 2
Patient 3
Patient 4
Straining to open bowels
+1
+1
+1
+1
Passing hard, lumpy stools
0
0
+1
+1
Incomplete bowel evacuation
+1
+1
+1
0
Feeling of “blockage” in bowels
0
+1
+1
+1
Use of manual evacuation of bowels
+1
0
0
0
Frequency of bowel motions
0
+1
+1
0
Number of loose stools per week
0
+1
0
0
Key: 0 = no change from baseline; +1 = significant improvement compared to baseline.