NCT02772692

Defecation Postures for Functional Consumption

Influence of Defecation Postures on Functional Consumption in Humans

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 600 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Air Force Military Medical University, China · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Constipation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Squatting pan	Using squatting pans to replace standard-sized toilets in one group of the included constipation patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-01
• Primary completion: 2017-01-01
• Completion: 2017-01-01
• First posted: 2016-05-13
• Last updated: 2016-05-13