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Table 2 Night-time cough score before and after treatment with KalobaTUSS® or placebo

From: Efficacy and safety of the syrup “KalobaTUSS®” as a treatment for cough in children: a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Score

KalobaTUSS®

Placebo

Effect size (Hedges’ g)

Effect size (Cohen’s d)

p

N0 score (baseline)

3.78 ± 0.01

3.75 ± 0.02

0.036806

0.036776

0.8493

N1 score

2.65 ± 0.02

3.48 ± 0.02

0.760777

0.76118

0.0006

N4 score

0.98 ± 0.02

1.81 ± 0.02

0.737756

0.736129

0.0008

N8 score

0.20 ± 0.01

0.73 ± 0.02

0.605444

0.602798

0.0075

Total score of first 4 nights

6.46 ± 0.07

9.36 ± 0.08

0.734184

0.733648

0.0003

Total score of all 8 nights

8.20 ± 0.11

13.40 ± 0.11

0.838006

0.83697

0.00001

  1. Data are expressed as means ± standard error. N = night; p was considered significant when < 0.05