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Table 2 GI symptoms scores and psychological symptoms scores of IBS-D patients: pre-treatment and post-treatment

From: Golden bifid might improve diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome via microbiota modulation

Symptoms

Pre-treatment

Post-treatment

P value

Abdominal pain

2.90 ± 1.04

1.90 ± 1.26

0.002*

Abdominal distension

2.00 ± 1.34

1.29 ± 1.31

0.007*

Abdominal discomfort

2.29 ± 1.19

1.86 ± 1.06

0.140

Diarrhea

3.24 ± 1.37

1.81 ± 1.21

0.001*

Defecatory urgency

3.48 ± 1.03

2.33 ± 1.35

0.000*

Incomplete evacuation

2.71 ± 1.15

1.76 ± 1.26

0.003*

SAS

44.43 ± 6.38

43.71 ± 6.54

0.485

SDS

46.19 ± 11.36

43.33 ± 9.65

0.041*

  1. SAS Self-Rating Anxiety Scale
  2. SDS Self-Rating Depression Scale
  3. *P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant