Does additional antimicrobial treatment have a better effect on URTI cough resolution than homeopathic symptomatic therapy alone? A real-life preliminary observational study in a pediatric population

Table 2 Improvement of cough during the whole observational period in children affected by wet acute cough caused by non-complicated URTI

Day from the start of treatment	Group 1: Homeopathic syrup alone (n = 46)	Group 2: Homeopathic syrup plus antibiotic treatment (n = 39)	P value^a
2	−0.52 ± 0.66	−0.56 ± 0.55	0.673
3	−1.02 ± 0.75	−0.97 ± 0.74	0.830
4	−1.50 ± 0.84	−1.51 ± 0.68	0.833
5	−1.93 ± 0.88	−1.92 ± 0.96	0.881
6	−2.22 ± 0.99	−2.23 ± 1.01	0.814
7	−2.46 ± 0.98	−2.41 ± 1.29	0.839
8	−2.65 ± 0.87	−2.62 ± 1.09	0.837
9	−2.76 ± 0.87	−2.79 ± 1.03	0.850
10	−2.87 ± 0.88	−2.79 ± 1.00	0.723
11	−2.83 ± 1.00	−2.82 ± 1.00	0.888
12	−2.85 ± 0.99	−2.90 ± 0.94	0.880
13	−2.91 ± 0.96	−3.00 ± 0.92	0.826
14	−3.11 ± 0.99	−3.10 ± 0.99	0.945
15	−3.20 ± 1.02	−3.15 ± 1.01	0.842
16	−3.17 ± 1.10	−3.26 ± 0.99	0.725
17	−3.26 ± 1.08	−3.26 ± 0.94	0.911
18	−3.24 ± 1.06	−3.28 ± 0.86	0.911
19	−3.37 ± 1.02	−3.33 ± 0.90	0.739
20	−3.35 ± 1.04	−3.36 ± 0.90	0.993
21	−3.43 ± 1.00	−3.36 ± 0.90	0.737
22	−3.46 ± 1.00	−3.41 ± 0.91	0.867
23	−3.48 ± 1.03	−3.38 ± 0.96	0.649
24	−3.52 ± 0.98	−3.44 ± 0.94	0.675
25	−3.52 ± 0.98	−3.49 ± 0.91	0.866
26	−3.52 ± 0.98	−3.49 ± 0.91	0.866
27	−3.46 ± 1.00	−3.46 ± 0.94	0.930
28	−3.43 ± 1.03	−3.46 ± 0.94	0.867

The mean (± standard deviation) values of the reported changes in the verbal category-descriptive (VCD) scale versus the basal ones (Day 1) are shown. All changes in both groups were highly significant (P < 0.001; Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test)
^aKruskal-Wallis test

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