Table 6 Comparison of the patients receiving herbal therapy and those not receiving herbal therapy in terms of symptom duration, outpatient clinic admission and imaging
Variable | Using herbal therapy (n = 102) Median (min–max) | Not using herbal therapy (n = 146) Median (min–max) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Symptom duration | 5 (3–43) | 5 (3–43) | 0.881 |
Number of visits to a family doctor | 3 (0–12) | 4 (0–10) | < 0.001 |
Number of visits to a gastroenterology outpatient clinic | 1 (0–4) | 0 (0–2) | 0.029 |
Number of colonoscopies | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–3) | 0.811 |
Number of imagings | 2 (1–7) | 2 (1–5) | 0.159 |