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Optimization of acupuncture point massage for functional constipation patients with anxiety

Optimization of acupuncture point massage for functional constipation patients with anxiety

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2100045462
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2021-04-15
Start date
2021-04-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Functional constipation with anxiety

Interventions

Sponsors

Hong Kong Baptist University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 64 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Meet the "Rome IV Diagnostic Criteria"; 2. Aged 18 to 64 years; 3. Patients suffering from an anxiety state below moderate; 4. People with clear consciousness, no language and communication barriers; 5. Have a certain level of comprehension and reading ability, education level above elementary school; 6. Did not receive other medications within 2 weeks before treatment; 7. The patients and their family members gave informed consent and signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with irritable bowel syndrome; 2. Volunteers who are taking drugs that affect intestinal function; 3. Accompanied by other organic diseases of the digestive tract or other diseases involving gastrointestinal diseases; 4. With cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, liver and kidney dysfunction, and blood system diseases; 5. Constipation caused by taking antidepressants or anti-Parkinson's disease drugs; 6. During the recovery period from surgery or accompanied by acute gastrointestinal diseases; 7. Patients suffering from moderate or higher anxiety, depression, or other serious mental illnesses; 8. Exclude stimulant drug overdose, hypnotic sedative drugs, or withdrawal reaction of anti-anxiety drugs, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobia, hypochondriasis, neurasthenia, mania, schizophrenia, or schizophrenia and other accompanying anxiety disorders; 9. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding; 10. Incomplete information affects judges.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Patient Assessment of Constipation Symptoms, PAC-SYM;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactDai Zhaoyu

Hong Kong Baptist University

daizhaoyu@hkbu.edu.hk+852 68569925

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026