Traveler's Constipation

Constipation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Traveler's Constipation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06155929
• Other study ID #: F-23025419
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2, 2023
• Est. completion date: May 20, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: Herlev Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The occurence of traveler's constipation is sparsely covered in the medical litterature. This study aims to determine the gastrointestinal-related discomforts related to traveling on a trip to Turkey.

Description:

Traveler's constipation, which is characterized by the more hard and less frequent stools, is sparsely covered in the medical litterature. Only a few studies have examined this problem and the actual occurrence and extent of this problem is not known. Hypotheses about why travel constipation occurs are, among other things, about changed circadian rhythm due to jet lag, changed schedules and tight sanitary conditions. Other factors such as dehydration, change in cabin pressure and the content of the in-flight food in connection with flights have not been investigated.

The research project aims to clarify changes in the test subjects' bowel habits as well as other gastrointestinal-related discomforts in connection with a flight abroad with only an hour's time difference and without the consumption of flight food.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 35
• Est. completion date: May 20, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 20, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Can understand danish and is able to answer the questionnaires

• Given written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of intestinal resection

• Medically treated intestinal disease

• IBS at baseline

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Constipation
• Travel-Related Illness

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Flight
The participants are flying to turkey and back home. The flights are the intervention.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Herlev Hospital	Herlev	Danmark

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Herlev Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Stool frequency	The investigators are sending questionnaires to the participants of the study to decide wether the stool frequency decreases after flight to turkey. No scale used, simply time and number.	14 days
Secondary	Bristol Stool Chart.	The investigators are evaluating if the stool becomes less liquid indicating a prolonged transition time. On er Likert scale from 1-7, 7 being most wet.	14 days
Secondary	VAS-IBS: Visual Analog Scale for Irritable Bowel Syndrome	Scale from 0-100 describing gastrointestinal bloating, pain and discomfort. 0 being good and 100 being bad	14 days