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

Table 3 Day-time cough score before and after treatment with KalobaTUSS® or placebo

Score	KalobaTUSS®	Placebo	Effect size (Hedges’ g)	Effect size (Cohen’s d)	p
D₀ score (baseline)	2.07 ± 0.01	2.08 ± 0.01	0.013795	0.013793	0.9442
D₁ score	1.41 ± 0.01	1.96 ± 0.01	0.794567	0.793031	0.0004
D₄ score	1.15 ± 0.02	1.75 ± 0.02	0.543784	0.542748	0.0139
D₈ score	0.28 ± 0.01	0.85 ± 0.02	0.682739	0.676823	0.0063
Total score of first 4 nights	5.09 ± 0.05	7.58 ± 0.06	1.041877	1.031956	0.0002
Total score of all 8 nights	7.33 ± 0.11	11.83 ± 0.12	0.766493	0.764947	0.0002

Data are expressed as means ± standard error. D = day; p was considered significant when < 0.05

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