Positive answers for different grading of symptoms by patients | |||||||||||||
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Minor discomfort or more | Mild discomfort or more | Moderate discomfort or more | Moderately severe discomfort or more | Severe discomfort or more | Very severe discomfort | ||||||||
Symptoms | N | Patient | Both (%) | Patient | Both (%) | Patient | Both (%) | Patient | Both (%) | Patient | Both (%) | Patient | Both (%) |
Abdominal paina | 356 | 305 | 194 (63.6) | 262 | 183 (69.8) | 216 | 156 (72.2) | 105 | 88 (83.8) | 34 | 29 (85.3) | 6 | 5 (83.3) |
Diarrhoeaa | 353 | 258 | 139 (53.9) | 208 | 124 (59.6) | 169 | 110 (65.1) | 102 | 79 (77.5) | 52 | 46 (88.5) | 18 | 17 (94.4) |
Urgencya | 352 | 227 | 66 (29.1) | 182 | 63 (34.6) | 143 | 59 (41.3) | 99 | 48 (48.5) | 46 | 24 (52.2) | 10 | 8 (80.0) |
Constipationa | 351 | 243 | 86 (35.4) | 185 | 77 (41.6) | 145 | 67 (46.2) | 84 | 51 (60.7) | 38 | 27 (71.1) | 15 | 12 (80.0) |
Incomplete evacuationa | 353 | 259 | 52 (20.1) | 194 | 48 (24.7) | 160 | 41 (25.6) | 81 | 22 (27.2) | 36 | 13 (36.1) | 10 | 6 (60.0) |
Reflux symptomsa | 354 | 175 | 39 (22.3) | 120 | 26 (21.7) | 75 | 20 (26.7) | 36 | 12 (33.3) | 15 | 6 (40.0) | 5 | 1 (20.0) |
Change in bowel habitsb | 335 | 161 | 98 (60.9) | ||||||||||
Rectal bleedingb | 339 | 148 | 84 (56.8) | ||||||||||
Black faecesb | 330 | 70 | 16 (22.9) | ||||||||||
Weight lossb | 335 | 62 | 35 (56.5) |