Defecation Postures for Functional Consumption

Air Force Military Medical University of People's Liberation Army

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Constipation

Treatments: Behavioral: Squatting pan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02772692

20160511

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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600 participants in 2 patient groups

Squatting pan

Experimental group

Description:

Defecation using a squatting pan

Treatment:

Behavioral: Squatting pan

Toilet

No Intervention group

Description:

defecation using a standard-sized toilet