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The Effect of Acupressure in Improving Constipation Among Inpatients in Neurology Departments

NCT05612646 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2023-05-09

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Summary

As a form of non-invasive auxiliary care, Traditional Chinese Medicine acupressure can prevent constipation, reduce medication for constipation, save medical costs, and alleviate constipation among inpatients in neurology departments, as well as improve patients' general ease and comfort of defecation, thereby improving their quality of life. It also provides clinical nursing staff with a more effective, safer, and more comfortable auxiliary method of preventing constipation, and can be used as a reference for the nursing of such patients.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupressure

The patients assigned to the experimental group received acupoint massage designed to improve constipation for 7 days during hospitalization. The selection of acupoints in this study includes "Tianshu (double)" (Tianshu, ST25: Stomach Meridian 25, the 25th point of the stomach meridian), "Zhongwan (single)" (Zhongwan CV12: Conception Vessel 12, the 12th point of the Ren meridian) ), "Qihai Point (Single)" (Qihai CV6: Meridian Vessel 6 Renmai 6th point) 3 points.

PROCEDURE

routine nursing and fake acupressure

control groups: receiving routine nursing and fake acupressure to improve constipation for 7 days during hospitalization.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hsiao-Chi Nieh, MSC · Head Nurse

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-11
Primary Completion
2022-10-24
Completion
2022-10-24

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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