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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN25185569
ISRCTN25185569
Completed
N/A

Behavioural therapy for treatment of childhood constipation: a randomised controlled trial

Academic Medical Center (AMC) (The Netherlands)0 sites129 target enrollmentJanuary 15, 2007

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Constipation
Sponsor
Academic Medical Center (AMC) (The Netherlands)
Enrollment
129
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 15, 2007
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Academic Medical Center (AMC) (The Netherlands)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Children aged four to 18 years with functional constipation as defined by the classic Iowa criteria
  • 2\. Patients had to meet at least two of four criteria of paediatric constipation:
  • 2\.1\. Defaecation frequency less than three times per week
  • 2\.2\. Faecal incontinence frequency two or more times per week
  • 2\.3\. Passage of large amounts of stool at least once every seven to 30 days (large enough to clog the toilet)
  • 2\.4\. A palpable abdominal or rectal faecal mass

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Children were excluded from the study if they had already been treated at our gastrointestinal outpatient clinic or had received a comprehensive behavioural treatment in the previous 12 months
  • 2\. In addition, children using drugs influencing gastrointestinal function other than laxative and children with organic causes for defaecation 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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