A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Electroacupuncture Treatment of Constipation Caused By Antidepressant Drugs
- Conditions
- Constipation
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2000004130
- Lead Sponsor
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Aged 59 to 85 years old;
2. Patients with depression, meet the diagnosis standard, and taking antidepressant drugs, the diagnosis of depression with psychiatric disorders and Statistical Manual version 5 - (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of getting Disorder - 5th edition, DSM - 5);
3. Constipation diagnosis standard, and not happen before taking antidepressants constipation, the diagnosis of constipation with Roman III diagnostic criteria;
4. Patients and their families are willing to attend the test and sign the informed consent, cooperate with the healer
patients who must meet the above four items at the same time can be included in this study.
1. Nearly two weeks, depression symptom control is not stable (more than attending doctors decide by the mental health center);
2. By organic disease than the antidepressant drugs, functional disease, or other reasons cause of constipation;
3. Blood coagulation dysfunction;
4. Severe dysfunction such as heart, brain, liver and kidney patients;
5. Pregnancy and lactating women;
6. Have a pacemaker, allergic to metal or serious afraid of acupuncture;
7. Test within 2 weeks before using drug treating constipation (except emergency response);
8. Over the past three months received acupuncture treatment;
9. At the same time to participate in other clinical researchers.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Defecate difficulty score;Bristol stool trait score change value;CSBMs>=3 times;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method