Taiwan Taichung Veterans General Hospital
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 128
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- The Bristol Stool Form Scale
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
Background: Constipation is a common problem among geriatric patients and in neurology departments. However, using stool softeners and enemas yield only temporary effects and may even lead to alternating constipation, diarrhea, and metabolic disorders. Because of its non-invasive nature, Acupressure can be used as adjuvant therapy of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine to prevent constipation among inpatients in neurology departments. It is necessary to verify that Acupressure can be applied to avoid and alleviate patients' constipation, improve their comfort, and improve their quality of life.
Objective
To explore the effect of Acupressure in alleviating constipation among inpatients in neurology departments.Method: A randomized controlled two-group pre-test and post-test experiment design were adopted in this study; neurology department inpatients were randomly assigned to either the experimental group, which comprised 64 subjects receiving Acupressure on three acupoints (Tianshu, ST25: Stomach Meridian 25; Zhongwan CV12: Conception Vessel 12; Qihai CV6: Meridian Vessel 6) or the control group which comprised 64 subjects receiving routine nursing and fake Acupressure. The research tools included the Bristol Stool Form and Constipation Assessment Scale.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Use the random number generator of EXCEL to generate the random number assigned by the computer, and put the serial number in the sealed envelope in sequence. After the patients completed the pre-test, the sealed envelopes were opened in sequence, and the patients were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the routine care group. The study used an assessor blinding design, that is, the data collectors were unaware of the patient group assignments until the end of the study
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 80 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age ≥ 20 years old
- •Established diagnosis of stroke (ischemic, hemorrhagic acute phase)
- •NIHSS 1-20 points
- •Undiagnosed within three months before admission With intestinal disease and no rectal resection
- •meeting the diagnostic criteria for functional constipation (Rome IV).
排除标准
- •Abdominal surgery or abdominal radiotherapy within three months
- •Abdominal cancer including liver, large intestine, lymph, and pelvic cavity, etc.,
- •Massive ascites
- •There are implants in the abdominal cavity, such as V-P Shunt, L-P Shunt, CAPD, etc.
结局指标
主要结局
The Bristol Stool Form Scale
时间窗: Assessment from the first day to the seventh day after treatment
bach's alpha of The Bristol Stool Form Scale. Classification: Type 1: hard balls (difficult to pass through), Type 2: sausage-like, but with uneven surface Type 3: sausage-like, but with cracks on the surface, Type 4: like sausage or snake Surface is smooth, type 5: soft lumps with smooth broken edges (easy to pass), type 6: fluffy lumps with rough edges, mushy stool, type 7: watery, no solid lumps (completely liquid), type 1 Types 3 and 2 indicate constipation; Types 3 and 4 are ideal stool shapes, especially Type 4 is the easiest to defecate; Types 5 to 7 are likely to have diarrhea
The constipation assessment scale scores
时间窗: Assessment from the first day to the seventh day after treatment
Constipation Assessment Scale (CAS), a total of 8 questions, 0 points: no, 1 point: yes, but not severe, 2 points. Very serious, the higher the score (0-16 points), the more severe the constipation symptoms.
次要结局
未报告次要终点