Does the treatment of non regular and difficult bowel movements helps in improving height and weight of children?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K590- Constipation
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/12/038797
- Lead Sponsor
- otus hospital and Research Centre Limited
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 511
Inclusion Criteria
children(newborn infants child and adolescents)who fulfill ROME IV criteria for functional constipation will be included
Exclusion Criteria
children who had delayed passage of meconium features of hypothyroidism bowel obstruction failure to thrive due to organic causes and neurological involvement will be excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The changes in the indicators of nutritional status i e body height leg and trunk lengths body weight mid upper arm circumference and three skin fold thickness after treatment of functional constipationTimepoint: 12 weeks and 24 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Whether the treatment of functional constipation improves appetite urinary syptoms,peri anal itching , halitosis,headache, and urinary symptomsTimepoint: 12 weeks and 24 weeks