Table 5

Parent-reported categorical secondary outcomes obtained from final questionnaires

	Total	Treatment group	Control group	p-value
General perceived effect (N = 184)				0.850
Stopped or improved	120 (62.5)	62 (64.5)	58 (65.9)
Unchanged or Worse	64 (34.8)	34 (35.4)	30 (34.1)
Believe child was treated (N = 173)				0.342
Yes	97 (56.1)	53 (59.6)	44 (52.2)
No	76 (43.9)	36 (40.4)	40 (47.6)
Satisfied with participation (N = 179)				0.473
Yes	152 (92.7)	78 (91.8)	74 (93.7)
No	12 (7.3)	7 (8.2)	5 (6.3)
Change in frequency of bowel movements (N = 182)				0.476
No	90 (52.6)	48 (54.5)	42 (50.6)
More frequent	42 (24.6)	23 (26.1)	19 (22.9)
Rarer	39 (22.8)	17 (19.3)	22 (26.5)
Change in trouble with bowel movements (N = 179)				0.247
No	94 (56.0)	50 (58.1)	44 (53.7)
Easier	51 (30.4)	28 (32.6)	23 (28.0)
More difficult	23 (13.7)	8 (9.3)	15 (28.0)
Changes in burps (N = 181)				0.797
No	114 (68.3)	58 (67.4)	56 (69.1)
Easier	45 (26.9)	23 (26.7)	22 (27.2)
More difficult	8 (4.8)	5 (5.8)	3 (3.7)
Changes in regurgitation (N = 181)				0.367
No	91 (54.5)	50 (58.1)	41 (50.6)
More often	46 (27.5)	24 (27.9)	22 (27.2)
Less often	30 (18.0)	12 (14.0)	18 (22.2)

Results presented in absolute figures and (percentages of total) and p-value for difference between groups. N Number of children; missing values excluded from analyses