"Which Type of Exercise is More Effective in Chronic Constipation?

NCT06354855 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: NEU-FTR-FE-04
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 54
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In this study, it will be investigated whether a daily 30-minute walk or abdominal breathing exercise is more effective on chronic constipation.

Conditions

Chronic Constipation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

  In order to determine the severity of constipation and the degree of impact of their current situation on their lives, individuals will be asked to mark a suitable point on a horizontal line with an actual length of 10 cm. In terms of the impact of the current situation on my life, "0" means it has no impact on my life, and "10" means living like this is unbearable.

  two months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Constipation Severity Scale (CSS)

  two months

Other Outcomes (1)

• Chronic Constipation Quality of Life Scale

  two months

Study Arms (2)

Group is doing breathing exercises while watching videos

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Abdominal breathing exercise group .The group, which receives abdominal breathing exercise training, will perform video-assisted breathing exercises for 30 minutes a day.

Other: Group is doing breathing exercises while watching videos

Medium pace walking group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Medium pace walking group .Control group will walk at a moderate pace for 30 minutes daily.

Other: Medium pace walking group

Interventions

Group is doing breathing exercises while watching videos OTHER

Group is doing breathing exercises while watching videos: A video consisting of 30-minute exercises will be shot for these patients. And each patient will be asked to do the breathing exercise for 30 minutes by watching this video.

Group is doing breathing exercises while watching videos

Medium pace walking group OTHER

Medium pace walking group: 30 minutes daily. Walking at a moderate pace is required. Physical activity levels will be monitored with the ActiGraph GT3X+ Accelerometer.

Medium pace walking group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Able to speak and understand Turkish,
• Voluntarily accepted to participate in the research and written consent form was obtained (those who could fill out the forms themselves using their hands, and those who could not use it, from their relatives with verbal consent),
• At least 18 years of age and over,
• Oriented to place, person and time,
• Patients who do not have spinal cord injury, parapilegia, or quadriplegia that may physiologically impede the individual's intestinal excretion Does not have any problems that prevent cognitive, sensory and verbal communication,
• Patients who are conscious and not using any sedating medication
• men and women aged 20-80 at the time of approval

You may not qualify if:

• pregnancy or possible pregnancy;
• the habit of doing all kinds of breathing exercises;

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Necmettin Erbakan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Nezahat Keleşoğlu Health Sciences Necmettin Erbakan University

Konya, Meram, 42000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Fatma Erdeo, Ph D

  Necmettin Erbakan University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The assignment of people to groups will be done by a statistician, apart from the research using a computer program. Randomization will be determined by entering the total number of cases through the program whose URL address is https://www.randomizer.org.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: doctor, phd

Model Details: Two groups with a conventional therapy control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 28, 2024
• First Posted: April 9, 2024
• Study Start: February 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2024
• Study Completion: December 1, 2024
• Last Updated: April 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)