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

Table 4 Average difference (before/after) in Small Bowel Obstruction Questionnaire scores and P-values for each domain and question for the Clear Passage Approach treatment group

Domain question	Change mean, St. Dev		Raw P-value	Multiplicity adjusted P-value	Lower confidence bound	Upper confidence bound
Diet1	0.77	1.03	0.000	0.000	0.49	1.04
Liquid2	0.49	1.19	0.000	0.003	0.10	0.87
Soft2	0.71	1.38	0.000	0.000	0.26	1.16
Solid2	0.91	1.70	0.000	0.000	0.35	1.47
Anything2	0.98	1.66	0.000	0.000	0.44	1.53
Pain1	0.52	0.73	0.000	0.000	0.33	0.72
General2	0.88	1.41	0.000	0.000	0.43	1.34
Upper GI2	0.85	1.34	0.000	0.000	0.41	1.29
Lower GI2	0.58	1.49	0.000	0.005	0.10	1.07
BM2	0.49	1.08	0.000	0.001	0.13	0.85
Head_neck	0.39	1.39	0.005	0.201	-0.06	0.85
Migrane	0.11	0.69	0.117	1.000	-0.12	0.34
Coccyx	0.16	0.75	0.035	1.000	-0.09	0.41
Eating2	0.68	1.51	0.000	0.001	0.18	1.17
Drinking2	0.46	1.26	0.000	0.013	0.05	0.87
Back2	0.59	1.29	0.000	0.000	0.17	1.01
GI symptoms1	0.44	0.68	0.000	0.000	0.26	0.62
Nausea2	0.53	1.13	0.000	0.000	0.16	0.90
Vomit	0.17	0.58	0.003	0.113	-0.02	0.36
GI_spasm	0.20	0.89	0.026	0.979	-0.09	0.49
Constipation2	0.54	1.48	0.000	0.013	0.06	1.03
Diarrhea2	0.41	1.19	0.001	0.028	0.02	0.79
BS_JLM	0.06	1.01	0.559	1.000	-0.27	0.39
Gas_bloat_dist2	0.72	1.46	0.000	0.000	0.24	1.19
Inc_sounds	0.37	1.35	0.008	0.286	-0.08	0.81
No_BM2	0.56	1.36	0.000	0.003	0.11	1.01
Ab_BM2	0.63	1.54	0.000	0.003	0.13	1.14
Eat_bloat2	0.71	1.39	0.000	0.000	0.26	1.17
Medication	0.40	1.84	0.029	0.176	-0.09	0.89
Meds	0.40	1.84	0.029	1.000	-0.20	1.00
Quality of life1	0.78	0.85	0.000	0.000	0.55	1.01
Off_work2	0.42	0.91	0.000	0.000	0.12	0.72
Off_social2	0.78	1.29	0.000	0.000	0.36	1.21
Off_sex2	0.61	1.45	0.000	0.003	0.12	1.10
Off_daily_function2	0.99	1.40	0.000	0.000	0.53	1.45
Off_eat_out2	0.64	1.38	0.000	0.000	0.19	1.09
Massage_worry2	0.75	1.82	0.000	0.003	0.15	1.34
Worry2	1.32	1.64	0.000	0.000	0.78	1.85
Pain Severity1	1.51	1.66	0.000	0.000	1.07	1.95
Duration_pain2	1.21	1.86	0.000	0.000	0.61	1.82
Recent_max_pain2	2.70	3.26	0.000	0.000	1.62	3.78
Recent_min_pain2	0.65	1.82	0.001	0.023	0.04	1.25
Recent_avg_pain2	1.20	1.97	0.000	0.000	0.55	1.86

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) at 5%.