This is a virtual single-arm trial that will last 12 weeks. Participants will take the drops daily and complete questionnaires at Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, and Week 12. Gut health, bowel movements, stool looseness, constipation, bloating, and regularity will be evaluated at the Baseline and at each check-in. Likert scale responses will be statistically compared from Baseline to each check-in. Participant responses and product feedback will be presented as percentage scores.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
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Citruslabs
Santa Monica, California, United States
Changes in scores on the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS). [Timeframe: Baseline to Week 12]
The GSRS is a disease-specific instrument of 15 items combined into five symptom clusters depicting Reflux, Abdominal pain, Indigestion, Diarrhoea and Constipation. The GSRS has a seven-point graded Likert-type scale where 1 represents absence of troublesome symptoms and 7 represents very troublesome symptoms.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Changes in stool consistency reported via the Bristol Stool Chart. [Timeframe: Baseline to Week 12]
The Bristol stool scale is a diagnostic medical tool designed to classify the form of human faeces into seven categories. Type 1 has spent the longest time in the bowel and type 7 the least time.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Changes in bowel movement frequency. [Timeframe: Baseline to Week 12]
The frequency that the participants have a bowel movement will be recorded via questionnaires.
Time frame: 12 weeks
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