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

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-11-30

Study Completion Date

2017-05-31

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Acupressure Abdominal Massage Constipation Stroke Patients

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Acupressure and Abdominal Massage

Intervention Type OTHER

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

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.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Pressing the Sham points

Intervention Type OTHER

Pressing the sham points for eight minutes

Interventions

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Acupressure and Abdominal Massage

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

Intervention Type OTHER

Pressing the Sham points

Pressing the sham points for eight minutes

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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the Sham points

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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