Prevention of Constipation: Systematic Nursing Interventions to Reduce Postoperative Constipation After Thoracic Surgery

Postoperative Constipation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Systematic Nursing Interventions to Reduce Postoperative Constipation After Thoracic Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00364169
• Other study ID #: KF 01 308399
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 11, 2006
• Last updated: June 27, 2008
• Start date: September 2006
• Est. completion date: December 2006

Study information

• Verified date: June 2008
• Source: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Ministry of HealthDenmark: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to reduce the incidence of postoperative constipation by systematic nurse assessment, interventions and evaluation, in the first month after thoracic surgery.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: December 2006
• Est. primary completion date: December 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients admitted for planned lung surgery

• Patients are capable

• Able to talk and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with colostomy and / or ileostomy

• Neurological or abdominal diseases

• Feed through a tube

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Constipation
• Postoperative Constipation

Intervention

Procedure:
• Degree of constipation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Center, University hospital Rigshospitalet	Copenhagen

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rigshospitalet, Denmark	Institute of public health, department of nursing sciences, Århus University, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Constipation incidence the first month after surgery
Secondary	Defecation pattern measured after The Bristol Stool scale.
Secondary	ADL (after Sallings functional scale)