Self-administered acupressure for chronic severe functional constipation: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University0 个研究点开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2023年2月20日

适应症

试验速览

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•1) Satisfaction of Rome IV Criteria for FC;
•2) Two or fewer mean weekly Rome IV Criteria for more than 3 months;
•3) Age between 18 and 65 years;
•4) No administration of rescue medicine (glycerol or sorbitol anal enema) 48 hours before the trial or any medication for constipation before enrollment for at least 2 weeks;
•5) No administration of any other therapy for constipation, such as acupuncture, acupressure, or biofeedback therapy, and no participation in any other trial in the previous 3 months;
•6) Documented consent to participate in the whole study.

•1) Constipation possibly caused by irritable bowel syndrome, or inflammatory or structural bowel diseases;
•2) Constipation possibly caused by drugs or endocrine, metabolic, neurologic, or postoperative diseases;
•3) Presence of tumors, severe cardiovascular, hepatic, renal diseases, or other severe diseases;
•4) Inability to cooperate because of cognitive dysfunction, aphasia, mental disorders, or other illness;
•5) Pregnant women, lactating women, or those who plan to get pregnant in the following 3 months;
•6) Presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm or hepatosplenomegaly;
•7) Skin lesions at the operating site of the acupoints.

发起方

The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University