Optimization of acupuncture point massage for functional constipation patients with anxiety

Phase 1

Recruiting

• Conditions: Functional constipation with anxiety

• Registration Number: ITMCTR2100004736
• Lead Sponsor: Hong Kong Baptist University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 20 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

1. Meet the Rome IV Diagnostic Criteria;
2. Aged 18 to 64 years;
3. Patients suffering from an anxiety state below moderate;
4. People with clear consciousness, no language and communication barriers;
5. Have a certain level of comprehension and reading ability, education level above elementary school;
6. Did not receive other medications within 2 weeks before treatment;
7. The patients and their family members gave informed consent and signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with irritable bowel syndrome;
2. Volunteers who are taking drugs that affect intestinal function;
3. Accompanied by other organic diseases of the digestive tract or other diseases involving gastrointestinal diseases;
4. With cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, liver and kidney dysfunction, and blood system diseases;
5. Constipation caused by taking antidepressants or anti-Parkinson's disease drugs;
6. During the recovery period from surgery or accompanied by acute gastrointestinal diseases;
7. Patients suffering from moderate or higher anxiety, depression, or other serious mental illnesses;
8. Exclude stimulant drug overdose, hypnotic sedative drugs, or withdrawal reaction of anti-anxiety drugs, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobia, hypochondriasis, neurasthenia, mania, schizophrenia, or schizophrenia and other accompanying anxiety disorders;
9. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding;
10. Incomplete information affects judges.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional study
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient Assessment of Constipation Symptoms, PAC-SYM;