A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis to Compare the Effectiveness of Manual and Automatic Colonic Massage Interventions in Patients With Chronic Constipation.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 2,312
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Quantitative evaluation of manual vs. automatic colon massage for chronic constipation relief
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to do a systematic review and metanalysis of the scientific literature to compare the effectiveness of the manual vs the automatic colonic massage intervention in patients with chronic constipation.
详细描述
Retrieval Strategy
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Computer retrieval of clinical literature on abdominal massage for constipation published between 1990 and December 2024 will be conducted in:
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NCBI PubMed.
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Research Gate.
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Google Scholar.
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Ovid.
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English retrieval terms included: colon, abdominal, constipation, bowel function, transit time, massage, and device.
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A cross-retrieval will be conducted to screen the literature that met the inclusion criteria.
Literature screening and data extraction
- The literature search will be independently performed by two researchers.
- Identified studies will be imported into EndNote×9 and Mendeley for organization.
- Articles will be evaluated based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria.
- Duplicates from various databases will be removed.
- Clearly irrelevant articles will be excluded based on their titles and abstracts.
- Full texts of the remaining studies will be thoroughly reviewed, and those that met the criteria will be included.
- The final dataset will be cross-verified.
- Discrepancies will be resolved through discussion or by involving a third researcher with a PhD for arbitration.
- Extracted data included:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Literature Inclusion Criteria:
- •Study type:
- •Clinical studies using abdominal/colon massage to treat constipation.
- •Articles published between 1990 and till the day of literature search with original work (experimental and quasi-experimental ) or dealing with the application of colon massage to gastrointestinal function.
- •Study subjects:
- •Patients with constipation.
- •Individuals of any gender, age and ethnicity.
- •Interventions:
- •- Manual or automatic colon massage treatment for constipation.
- •Outcomes (including at least one of the following):
- •Evacuation frequency.
- •Quality of life parameters.
- •Symptoms of constipation.
- •Use of laxatives or enemas.
- •Adverse events.
排除标准
- •No abstract available, reviews, conference abstracts, dissertations, registration documents, clinical experience summary analysis, animal experiments, etc.
- •Studies where the treatment was non-colon specific.
- •Studies involving invasive treatments.
- •Other treatments intended to treat constipation such as surgical interventions, acupuncture, acupoint application, and others considered medicinal alternative therapies.
- •Documents written in languages other than in English, German, Spanish, as well as other European languages, including Italian, French, and Portuguese.
- •Incorrect or incomplete case data.
结局指标
主要结局
Quantitative evaluation of manual vs. automatic colon massage for chronic constipation relief
时间窗: 34 years
Quantitative comparison of manual and automatic colon massage efficacy in relieving chronic constipation
次要结局
- Adverse events(34 years)
- Evacuation frequency(34 years)
- Quality of life questionnaire in relation to constipation(34 years)
- Aids to evacuation(34 years)
