We are going to compare the usefulness of disimpaction (relief obstructing stools) in children with constipation with oral laxative (polyethylene glycol)done at home with the same method done in the hospital using the same medicine
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K928- Other specified diseases of the digestive system
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 115
Inclusion Criteria
All children of 1-18 years satisfying the Rome III criteria for functional constipation and having impacted stools will be considered for inclusion. Impacted stools will be defined by the presence of fecalith on per abdomen examination or hard stools felt on per rectal examination or x-ray abdomen suggestive of loaded colon.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Those children who previously underwent colorectal surgery.
2.Children with organic pathologies such as Hirschsprung disease, spinal cord pathology etc.
3.On prokinetic drugs like prucalopride.
4.Children with constipation not having impacted stools.
5.Refusal of consent to participate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method