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Table 7 Association between post-HT symptom severity, non-colonic and quality of life scores and post-HT mood color choice

From: Mood color choice helps to predict response to hypnotherapy in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Mood color (n = 87)

Mean score

95% confidence interval

p value

  

Lower limit

Upper limit

 

Symptom severity

    

Positive (n = 53)

169.23

142.13

196.32

ANOVA:

f (2,84) = 4.591; p = 0.013

Neutral (n = 26)

207.77

160.96

254.58

 

Negative (n = 8)

290.88

153.95

427.80

 

Non-colonic

    

Positive (n = 53)

158.85

137.02

180.68

ANOVA:

f (2,84) = 3.879; p = 0.024;

Neutral (n = 26)

158.04

122.97

193.11

 

Negative (n = 8)

249.13

135.06

363.19

 

Quality of life

    

Positive (n = 53)

156.34

135.85

176.83

ANOVA:

f (2,84) = 4.528; p = 0.014

Neutral (n = 26)

184.85

154.40

215.29

 

Negative (n = 8)

241.13

148.90

333.35

 
  1. Out of a total of 156 patients, 20 were non-finishers and 49 patients chose no color at all.