The Applying of Acupressure and Abdominal Massage to Improving Constipation in Stroke Patients.

Constipation Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effectiveness of the Applying of Acupressure and Abdominal Massage to Improving Constipation in Stroke Patients.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03046563
• Other study ID #: MOST 105-2314-B-039-033 -
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 5, 2017
• Last updated: February 22, 2017
• Start date: November 2015
• Est. completion date: May 2017

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: China Medical University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Experimental research design with two-group repeated-measure design. Experimental group was pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail. Control group was pressing sham ponits. Research tools to self semi-structured questionnaire collected data on patient's diet, activity, medication, defecation patterns, subjective defecation feelingauscultation bowel sounds like.

Description:

Experimental research design with two-group repeated-measure design. The investigators estimate there are recruit fifty patients from related rehabilitation hospital of a medical center in Taichung, central Taiwan, using randomization put patients in experimental group and control group. Experimental group Pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail. Control group was pressing sham ponits. Research tools to self semi-structured questionnaire collected data on patient's diet, activity, medication, defecation patterns, subjective defecation feelings, and auscultation bowel sounds like. The investigators expected the results of this study can provide clinical nursing care for stroke patients of reference, to improve quality of care, and increase acupressure to improve the empirical data of stroke in patients with constipation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: May 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. patients who were diagnosed as stroke, and in stability phase.

2. patients who had constipation symptoms.

3. patients whose platelets counts more than 150,000 / µ.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Consciousness is not clear.

2. The physician diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Abdominal Massage
• Acupressure
• Constipation
• Stroke
• Stroke Patients

Intervention

Other:
• Acupressure and Abdominal Massage
Pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes
• Pressing the Sham points
Pressing the sham points for eight minutes

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Li-Li Chen

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	defecation patterns	measure defecation frequency and nature	9 days
Secondary	auscultation bowel sounds	auscultation bowel sounds before and after intervention	9 days