Patient’s well-being scores
thirst, tiredness, anxiety
Patient’s well-being score (hunger, thirst, anxiety, tiredness and general discomfort) was assessed using VAS. Patients’ well-being scores before and after administration of the drink in each group showed significant reduction in VAS scores in all five parameters (Patient’s well-being score in the two groups before and after administration of the drink.*The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare the participants’ well-being scores before and after administration of the drink within each group.**The Mann–Whitney U test was used to compare participants’ well-being scores before and after administration of the drink between group A and group B.Patients’ well-being score between group A and B before and after administration of the drink were not statistically significant difference. However, the anxiety scores before administration of drink were found to be higher in group B (median (IQR): 30.0 (33.3) vs 43.0 (36.0), 