Effect of Chewing Gum and WeChat Enhanced Instructions on the Bowel Preparation Quality in Patien… (NCT05447403) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Effect of Chewing Gum and WeChat Enhanced Instructions on the Bowel Preparation Quality in Patients With Constipation
China115 participantsStarted 2022-02-24
Plain-language summary
Patients with constipation are more likely to have poor bowel preparation quality due to slow gut motility and poor emptying ability. Gum chewing, as a proxy of sham feeding, is a very simple way used to accelerate gut motility. And a previous study found that enhanced instructions by WeChat could improve bowel preparation quality. Thus, investigators conducted a single-center randomized controlled trial to explore the effect of chewing gum combined with manual enhanced instructions by WeChat on the bowel preparation quality for colonoscopy in patients with constipation.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion criteria
✓. Patients undergoing colonoscopy at the Department of Gastroenterology of the General Hospital of Northern Theater Command.
✓. Patients aged ≥18 years, no gender limitation.
✓. Patients who sign informed consent.
✓. Patients who are diagnosed with constipation.
Exclusion criteria
✕. Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
✕. Patients who are allergic to polyethylene glycol.
✕. Patients who are suspected with intestinal obstruction, stenosis or perforation.
✕. Patients with mental illness.
✕. Patients with serious heart, brain, liver, and kidney diseases.
✕. Patients who use WeChat unconditionally by themselves or their family members.
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What they're measuring
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Bowel preparation quality
Timeframe: During colonoscopy procedure, an average of 30 minutes
Trial details
NCT IDNCT05447403
SponsorGeneral Hospital of Shenyang Military Region