Relationship Between Constipation and Inguinal Hernia

NCT ID: NCT02749682

Last Updated: 2016-04-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2015-09-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to asses the effect of chronic constipation on formation of inguinal hernia using Constipation Severity Scale.

Detailed Description

Causes of inguinal hernia are known to be multifactorial, although not fully understood. Besides family history, and connective tissue diseases, the sudden increase in abdominal pressure as heavy lifting, chronic constipation , coughing, straining , situations such as difficulty urinating facilitate the formation and emergence of hernia.

Constipation severity scale(CSS) was developed by Varma et al in 2008. CSS is a scale to determine the individuals defecation frequency, the intensity and difficulty during defecation.CSS has three subscales including Pain, Congestion stool and Large Intestine laziness(0-73 points).High scores indicate that serious symptoms.

Investigators found no studies that show how constipation impact on groin hernias. Investigators are planning to understand the effect of constipation on direct and indirect hernia formation.

Conditions

Inguinal Hernia; Constipation

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

constipation & hernia group

The effect of constipation on study group whether there is a correlation between subgroups of operated patients on the view of direct and indirect hernias(Nyhuss classification).

No interventions assigned to this group

constipation & normal population

The level of constipation on normal population using constipation severity scale.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy volunteers(n:100)
• patients above age of 18(n:100)
• patients with groin hernia(n:100)

Exclusion Criteria

• previous inguinal hernia surgery
• patients who did not accept the procedure
• patients under age of 18

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 78 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Harran University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Siverek Devlet Hastanesi

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Abdulcabbar Kartal

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Ali Uzunköy

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Harran University

Bülent Çitgez

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Şişli Etfal Hospital

Other Identifiers

74059997.050.01.04/78

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id