constipation in Parkinson's disease
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group A:Acupuncture treatment(Acupoints for intestinal diseases)
Intervention group B:Acupuncture treatment(Acupoints for brain diseases )
Waitlist control group:Basic treatment
Intervention group C:Acupuncture treatment(Acupoints for brain diseases + Acupoints for intestinal diseases)
Sponsors
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
35 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Eligible participants should meet the following requirements: (1) aged between 35 and 75 years; (2) patients with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease; (3) meet the diagnostic criteria of Roman IV diagnostic criteria for functional constipation; (4) have PD for =6 months and constipation for =3 months; (5) no cognitive barriers, able to understand and communicate correctly; (6)those who sign the informed consent cooperate with the treatment and can adhere to the completion of all treatment as planned.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) bowel symptoms attributable to an organic etiology; (2) one has serious life- threatening diseases such as serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, malignant tumor, haematopoietic diseases; (3) involvement in other clinical trials within 30 days before participation, which may affect the results of this study; (4) need to take gastrointestinal motility drugs for a long time or have used gastrointestinal motility drugs in the past 1 month; (5)afraid of acupuncture; (6) pregnancy or lactation (women under 60 require a urine pregnancy test).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| complete spontaneous bowel movements; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| PAC-QOL;UPDRS;Bristol Stool Form Scale;PAC-SYM; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLixing Zhuang
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed