Acupuncture for Functional Constipatio

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Diseases of the digestive system

• Registration Number: KCT0000926
• Lead Sponsor: Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 11 March 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

1. Males and females aged 19 to 65 years old
2. Patients satisfying Rome III criteria for functional constipation
3. Agreed with written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of constipation due to any other cause (inflammatory bowel disease or other structural bowel disease, etc.)
2. History of bowel surgery or cholecystectomy
3. hypothyroidism
4. diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Rome III)
5. insulin-dependent DM, severe medical disease(heart and lung, liver and kidney, malignancy, immunocompromised patients)
6. Pregnant, expecting pregnant or nursing women
7. taking any medication or probitics for constipation within 2 weeks
8. Received acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping or herbal medicine for constipation within 4 weeks
9. Known hypersensitivity reaction after acupuncture treatment or inability to cooperate with acupuncture procedure
10. Those who are not willing to comply with this study protocol

Study & Design

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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
defecation frequencies

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
complete spontaneous bowel movement ;Bristol stool scale;Constipation Assessment Scale;Adverse events