Symptoms and transit results in all 49 patients before and after biofeedback, stratified according to slow transit
| Slow transit (n=22) | Normal transit (n=27) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before biofeedback | After biofeedback | Before biofeedback | After biofeedback | ||
| Subjective improvement | — | 14 | — | 15 | |
| Bowel frequency <3 per week | 16 | 6 | 11 | 3 | |
| Hard or pellet stool | 15 | 4 | 15 | 3 | |
| Need to strain | 12 | 3 | 14 | 6 | |
| Need to digitate | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | |
| Abdominal bloating | 19 | 5 | 20 | 6 | |
| Laxative use | 20 | 5 | 14 | 4 | |
| Normal transit | — | 13 | 27 | 27 | |
| Mean number of retained markers | 42.5 | 32.4 | 17.1 | 15.2 | |