Decreasing recurrent bowel obstructions, improving quality of life with physiotherapy: Controlled study

Table 3 Average difference (before/after) in Small Bowel Obstruction Questionnaire scores and P-values for each domain and question for the control group

Domain question	Difference mean, St. Dev		Raw P-value	Multiplicity adjusted P-value	Lower confidence bound	Upper confidence bound
Diet	-0.06	0.93	0.425	1.000	-0.28	0.15
Liquid	-0.09	1.08	0.342	1.000	-0.39	0.21
Soft	-0.20	1.20	0.055	1.000	-0.54	0.14
Solid	-0.11	1.48	0.388	1.000	-0.53	0.31
Anything	0.13	1.35	0.256	1.000	-0.25	0.51
Pain1	0.17	0.61	0.002	0.013	0.02	0.31
General2	0.50	1.23	0.000	0.000	0.15	0.85
Upper GI	0.00	1.11	1.000	1.000	-0.31	0.31
Lower GI2	0.35	1.14	0.000	0.016	0.03	0.67
BM2	0.50	0.96	0.000	0.000	0.23	0.77
Head_neck	0.01	1.05	0.935	1.000	-0.29	0.30
Migrane	0.05	1.18	0.612	1.000	-0.28	0.38
Coccyx	-0.13	1.07	0.150	1.000	-0.43	0.17
Eating2	0.35	1.24	0.001	0.045	0.00	0.70
Drinking	0.02	1.10	0.815	1.000	-0.29	0.33
Back	0.01	1.11	0.877	1.000	-0.30	0.33
GI symptoms1	0.18	0.58	0.000	0.003	0.05	0.32
Nausea	0.29	1.22	0.006	0.215	-0.05	0.64
Vomit	-0.04	0.88	0.627	1.000	-0.28	0.21
GI_spasm	-0.01	0.97	0.860	1.000	-0.29	0.26
Constipation	0.06	0.90	0.448	1.000	-0.19	0.31
Diarrhea	0.26	1.14	0.010	0.354	-0.06	0.58
BS_JLM	0.04	0.96	0.592	1.000	-0.22	0.31
Gas_bloat_dist2	0.39	1.32	0.001	0.028	0.02	0.76
Inc_sounds2	0.41	1.14	0.000	0.002	0.09	0.73
No_BM	0.07	1.10	0.437	1.000	-0.24	0.38
Ab_BM	0.01	1.22	0.889	1.000	-0.33	0.36
Eat_bloat2	0.45	1.51	0.001	0.025	0.03	0.88
Medication	-0.03	1.39	0.804	1.000	-0.35	0.29
Meds	-0.03	1.39	0.804	1.000	-0.42	0.36
Quality of life	0.10	0.77	0.126	0.759	-0.08	0.28
Off_work	0.13	1.19	0.218	1.000	-0.21	0.46
Off_social	0.10	1.42	0.396	1.000	-0.30	0.50
Off_sex	0.12	1.37	0.313	1.000	-0.27	0.51
Off_daily_function	0.25	1.38	0.036	1.000	-0.14	0.64
Off_eat_out	0.34	1.23	0.002	0.059	-0.01	0.69
Massage_worry	-0.31	1.19	0.003	0.104	-0.65	0.02
Worry	0.06	1.07	0.521	1.000	-0.24	0.36
Pain severity	0.23	1.46	0.064	0.382	-0.10	0.57
Duration_pain	0.33	1.24	0.003	0.105	-0.02	0.68
Recent_max_pain	0.24	2.62	0.295	1.000	-0.50	0.97
Recent_min_pain	0.35	2.17	0.064	1.000	-0.26	0.96
Recent_avg_pain	0.02	1.89	0.892	1.000	-0.51	0.55

¹Denotes domains for which average scores (over all questions within a domain) are significantly different between the initial and the follow-up survey, controlling the familywise error rate (over the 6 domains) at 5%.

²Denotes questions for which scores are significantly different between the initial and the follow-up survey, controlling the familywise error rate (over the 37 questions included in the SBO-Q) at 5%. SBO-Q: Small Bowel Obstruction Questionnaire.