The Applying of Acupressure and Abdominal Massage to Improving Constipation in Stroke Patients.

Sponsor

Li-Li Chen (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT03046563

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Arms

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Experimental research design with two-group repeated-measure design. Experimental group was pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail. Control group was pressing sham ponits. Research tools to self semi-structured questionnaire collected data on patient's diet, activity, medication, defecation patterns, subjective defecation feelingauscultation bowel sounds like.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Acupressure Abdominal Massage Constipation Stroke Patients	Other: Acupressure and Abdominal Massage Other: Pressing the Sham points	N/A

Detailed Description

Experimental research design with two-group repeated-measure design. The investigators estimate there are recruit fifty patients from related rehabilitation hospital of a medical center in Taichung, central Taiwan, using randomization put patients in experimental group and control group. Experimental group Pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail. Control group was pressing sham ponits. Research tools to self semi-structured questionnaire collected data on patient's diet, activity, medication, defecation patterns, subjective defecation feelings, and auscultation bowel sounds like. The investigators expected the results of this study can provide clinical nursing care for stroke patients of reference, to improve quality of care, and increase acupressure to improve the empirical data of stroke in patients with constipation.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

40 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Supportive Care

Official Title:

The Effectiveness of the Applying of Acupressure and Abdominal Massage to Improving Constipation in Stroke Patients.

Actual Study Start Date :

Nov 1, 2015

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Nov 1, 2016

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

May 1, 2017

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Acupressure and Abdominal Massage Pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail.	Other: Acupressure and Abdominal Massage Pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes
Sham Comparator: Pressing the sham points Pressing the sham points for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail.	Other: Pressing the Sham points Pressing the sham points for eight minutes Other Names: the Sham points

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Acupressure and Abdominal Massage

Pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail.

Other: Acupressure and Abdominal Massage

Pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes

Sham Comparator: Pressing the sham points

Pressing the sham points for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail.

Other: Pressing the Sham points

Pressing the sham points for eight minutes

Other Names:

the Sham points

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

defecation patterns [9 days]
measure defecation frequency and nature

Secondary Outcome Measures

auscultation bowel sounds [9 days]
auscultation bowel sounds before and after intervention

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

20 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

patients who were diagnosed as stroke, and in stability phase.
patients who had constipation symptoms.
patients whose platelets counts more than 150,000 / μ.

Exclusion Criteria:

Consciousness is not clear.
The physician diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

Li-Li Chen

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Li-Li Chen, China Medical University, China Medical University Hospital

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT03046563

Other Study ID Numbers:

MOST 105-2314-B-039-033 -

First Posted:

Feb 8, 2017

Last Update Posted:

Feb 24, 2017

Last Verified:

Feb 1, 2017

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Li-Li Chen, China Medical University, China Medical University Hospital

Traditional Chinese medicine

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Stroke

Constipation

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 24, 2017