Defecation Postures for Functional Consumption

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-05-31

Study Completion Date

2017-01-31

Brief Summary

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Whether functional consumption is influenced by defecation postures is unclear. The investigators investigated effects of defecation postures on functional consumption.

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Detailed Description

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Constipation is a chronic problem in many patients all over the world. In some groups of patients such as the elderly, constipation is a significant health care problem. A prospective study was performed at 3 hospitals in China. The included patients were functional consumption patients with defecation sitting on a standard-sized toilet. Patients received standard functional consumption treatment according to the guideline and were randomly assigned to groups that using a squatting pan or a standard-sized toilet.

Conditions

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Constipation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Squatting pan

Defecation using a squatting pan

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Squatting pan

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Using squatting pans to replace standard-sized toilets in one group of the included constipation patients

Toilet

defecation using a standard-sized toilet

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Squatting pan

Using squatting pans to replace standard-sized toilets in one group of the included constipation patients

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Subject has functional constipation
* Subject does not receive other treatments

Exclusion Criteria

* History of heart cerebrovascular disease
* History of other types of constipation
* Pregnant, trying to become pregnant or breast feeding
* Age\< 18-year and \>70-year

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No