Effect of waxy barley, Kirarimochi, consumption on bowel movements of late-stage elderly residents at Roken nursing home

Table 4 Defecation and laxative administration frequencies of each subject during the trial

ID^a	Defecation (frequency)							Days with defecation						Days with laxative administration
	Baseline	Barley consumption period					Per week^b	Baseline	Barley consumption periods					Baseline	Barley consumption periods
	October	November	December	January	February	March	October	October	November	December	January	February	March	October	November	December	January	February	March
1	7	13	11	20	18	17	1.6	7	10	9	15	15	14	5	7	3	3	2	3
2	7	11	8	12	6	11	1.6	6	11	7	10	5	7	6	2	4	2	4	4
3	11	13	7	10	9	7	2.5	7	7	6	8	8	4	6	7	5	4	8	12
4	12	11	19	18	19	18	2.7	10	9	14	13	14	13	5	4	2	3	1	5
5	8	5	5	6	15	19	1.8	6	5	5	5	7	17	11	8	9	11	4	8
6	11	7	11	6	17	8	2.5	7	7	7	5	12	9	6	6	6	7	1	4
7	10	12	12	17	11	16	2.3	9	9	9	10	12	13	7	4	3	6	1	4
8	5	7	3	6	4	4	1.1	4	6	3	5	3	4	8	7	4	10	8	9
9	7	7	12	15	13	10	1.6	7	7	5	10	6	7	9	5	6	4	7	6
10	11	13	11	15	11	16	2.5	9	12	9	15	12	14	3	4	0	2	0	1
^c11	9	31	16	8	16	-	2.0	8	15	12	8	12	-	14	3	3	4	3	-
12	9	11	8	13	7	11	2.0	7	10	8	12	6	11	3	3	4	2	6	1
13	12	15	10	11	9	11	2.7	7	8	8	6	5	6	5	7	4	7	6	6
14	10	9	9	8	5	9	2.3	6	9	6	6	6	6	8	9	5	9	7	8
^d15	16	17	11	20	13	-	3.6	11	16	14	8	10	-	2	4	2	4	2	-
16	14	11	5	14	12	18	3.2	15	13	15	17	13	15	0	0	3	0	3	2
17	31	37	32	29	16	18	7.0	12	14	10	9	12	12	2	2	2	2	2	2
18	23	24	23	33	23	23	5.2	13	8	11	10	11	10	3	7	4	4	5	4
19	38	42	30	36	27	26	8.6	13	12	8	13	11	9	4	1	4	3	2	6
20	24	20	38	35	26	28	5.4	13	8	5	14	10	15	1	4	3	1	1	4
21	14	11	6	10	1	11	3.2	14	22	15	16	13	12	4	0	2	3	4	7
22	27	21	27	28	35	32	6.1	20	18	18	19	18	19	1	1	1	0	0	0
23	19	15	15	20	14	23	4.3	20	25	20	21	18	17	4	0	0	1	4	3
24	14	16	17	16	23	16	3.2	17	14	21	20	18	17	4	7	3	3	2	3
25	19	19	21	8	14	17	4.3	13	10	6	8	1	10	3	3	3	6	4	0
26	18	17	18	23	22	17	4.1	18	16	19	17	23	21	0	0	0	2	0	0
27	14	17	12	9	17	15	3.2	15	10	10	18	12	18	1	4	3	1	2	0
28	16	11	12	16	14	15	3.6	13	12	15	16	16	14	2	3	1	0	1	3

^aSubjects from ID 1 to ID 14 belonged to group A where subjects’ defecation frequency was less than 3 times a week in October. Subjects from 15 to 28 belonged to group B where subjects’ defecation frequency was more than 3 times a week in October
^bCalculated by frequency in October × 7/31 days
^cThe subject of ID 11 left the nursing home on March 10th (no data)
^dThe subject of ID 15 left the nursing home on March 24th (no data)

ISSN: 1880-6805