Cultural translation of the constipation assessment a study on the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the constipation severity index.

Front Med (Lausanne) · 2025 · PMC12230063 · PMID 40625357

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Notably, the total score on the CIS scale showed a difference between early and late responders that was close to but did not reach statistical significance (Early: 44.94 ± 12.30; Late: 47.24 ± 8.58; p = 0.057).

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