Outpatient Treatment of Constipation in Children - a Randomized Interventions Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 239
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Treatment recovery
研究概览
简要总结
Constipation is a condition often seen in children. Constipation is often associated with impaired quality of life of the child and of great concern among parents. Despite the fact that both diagnosis and treatment is a simple task, it is often seen that the treatment fails, and many children are referred to a pediatric ward for specialized treatment.
There is currently little research on the subject and treatment is therefore based on expert knowledge rather than scientific research.
The study objective is to identify the most effective and least stressful treatment of children with constipation for both families and the health care system.
The following will be tested:
Does treatment of constipation in children require specialized knowledge and extensive resources or can the treatment be simplified?
The results from this study are expected to form the basis for a evidence based treatment of children with constipation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 2 Years 至 16 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Children between 2 and 16 years and referral to our out patient clinic with either constipation or fecal incontinence.
- •Patients must fulfill the Rome III criteria of constipation, which mean they must have at least 2 of the following characteristics: fewer than 3 bowel movements weekly, more than 1 episode of fecal incontinence weekly, large stools in the rectum by digital rectal examination or palpable on abdominal examination, occasional passing of large stools, display of retentive posturing and withholding behavior, and painful defecation.
排除标准
- •Children with known organic causes of constipation, including Hirschsprungs disease, spinal and anal congenital abnormalities, previous surgery on the colon, inflammatory bowel disease, allergy and metabolic or endocrine diseases.
- •Children receiving drugs known to affect bowel function during a 2 month period before initiation.
结局指标
主要结局
Treatment recovery
时间窗: 1 year
Recovery is defined as the child having no symptoms of constipation according to the Rome III chriteria.
次要结局
- Usage of laxative.(1 year)
- Telephone contacts(1 year)
研究者
Line Modin
Medical doctor
Vejle Hospital