Traveler's Constipation

• Sponsor: Herlev Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT06155929
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 35
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Days): 18
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 59.2

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The occurence of traveler's constipation is sparsely covered in the medical litterature. This study aims to determine the gastrointestinal-related discomforts related to traveling on a trip to Turkey.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Constipation; Travel-Related Illness	Behavioral: Flight	N/A

Detailed Description

Traveler's constipation, which is characterized by the more hard and less frequent stools, is sparsely covered in the medical litterature. Only a few studies have examined this problem and the actual occurrence and extent of this problem is not known. Hypotheses about why travel constipation occurs are, among other things, about changed circadian rhythm due to jet lag, changed schedules and tight sanitary conditions. Other factors such as dehydration, change in cabin pressure and the content of the in-flight food in connection with flights have not been investigated.

The research project aims to clarify changes in the test subjects' bowel habits as well as other gastrointestinal-related discomforts in connection with a flight abroad with only an hour's time difference and without the consumption of flight food.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 35 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Intervention Model Description: The investigators are investigating wether a flight abroad is causing a decrease in stools.The investigators are investigating wether a flight abroad is causing a decrease in stools.
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Traveler's Constipation
• Actual Study Start Date: May 2, 2023
• Actual Primary Completion Date: May 20, 2023
• Actual Study Completion Date: May 20, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Other: Flight The intervention is the flight to turkey and home to Denmark again.	Behavioral: Flight; The participants are flying to turkey and back home. The flights are the intervention.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Stool frequency [14 days]

   The investigators are sending questionnaires to the participants of the study to decide wether the stool frequency decreases after flight to turkey. No scale used, simply time and number.

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Bristol Stool Chart. [14 days]

   The investigators are evaluating if the stool becomes less liquid indicating a prolonged transition time. On er Likert scale from 1-7, 7 being most wet.

2. VAS-IBS: Visual Analog Scale for Irritable Bowel Syndrome [14 days]

   Scale from 0-100 describing gastrointestinal bloating, pain and discomfort. 0 being good and 100 being bad

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 100 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Can understand danish and is able to answer the questionnaires

• Given written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of intestinal resection

• Medically treated intestinal disease

• IBS at baseline

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Herlev Hospital	Herlev	Danmark	Denmark	2730

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Herlev Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Sebastian Hansen, Medical student, Herlev Hospital
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT06155929
• Other Study ID Numbers: F-23025419
• First Posted: Dec 5, 2023
• Last Update Posted: Dec 5, 2023
• Last Verified: Nov 1, 2023

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Constipation; Travel-Related Illness

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 5, 2023