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Outpatient Treatment of Constipation in Children

NCT01582659 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 239

Last updated 2014-12-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Constipation is a condition often seen in children. Constipation is often associated with impaired quality of life of the child and of great concern among parents. Despite the fact that both diagnosis and treatment is a simple task, it is often seen that the treatment fails, and many children are referred to a pediatric ward for specialized treatment.

There is currently little research on the subject and treatment is therefore based on expert knowledge rather than scientific research.

The study objective is to identify the most effective and least stressful treatment of children with constipation for both families and the health care system.

The following will be tested:

Does treatment of constipation in children require specialized knowledge and extensive resources or can the treatment be simplified?

The results from this study are expected to form the basis for a evidence based treatment of children with constipation.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Telephone counseling

2 planned telephone counseling sessions are conducted.

OTHER

Web access

Access to a web site with information about childhood constipation similar to the information given at the first visit to the clinic.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southern Denmark

    collaborator OTHER

  • Line Modin

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marianne Jakobsen, MD, PhD · Kolding

  • Poul Erik Kofoed, MD. PHD · Kolding

  • Line Modin, MD · Kolding

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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