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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON23675
NL-OMON23675
Completed
N/A

Behavioral therapy for treatment of childhood constipation: a randomized controlled trial.

This research was funded by grants from the MLDS (SWO 02-16).0 sites129 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Functional constipation.
Sponsor
This research was funded by grants from the MLDS (SWO 02-16).
Enrollment
129
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Pediatrics. 2008 May;121(5):e1334-41.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
This research was funded by grants from the MLDS (SWO 02-16).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Children aged 4\-18 years with functional constipation as defined by the classic Iowa criteria. Patients had to meet at least two of four criteria of pediatric constipation: defecation frequency less than three times per week, fecal incontinence frequency two or more times per week, passage of large amounts of stool at least once every 7\-30 days (large enough to clog the toilet), or a palpable abdominal or rectal fecal mass.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Children were excluded from the study if they had already been treated at our gastrointestinal outpatient clinic or had received a comprehensive behavioral treatment in the previous 12 months. In addition, children using drugs influencing gastrointestinal function other than laxative and children with organic causes for defecation disorders such as Hirschsprung's disease, spina bifida occulta, hypothyroidism or other metabolic or renal abnormalities were excluded.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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