effect of dried plums on the constipation of cerebrovascular accident patients

• Register: IRCT
• Last refreshed on: 22 February 2018
• Main ID: IRCT201709107494N26
• Date of registration: 2017-11-07
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Vice Chancellor for research Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Moalem Street, Moale
• Public title: effect of dried plums on the constipation of cerebrovascular accident patients
• Scientific title: Comparing the effect of dried plums (prunes) with magnesium hydroxide on the constipation management of cerebrovascular accident patients hospitalized in intensive care unit.
• Date of first enrolment: 2017-11-22
• Target sample size: 30
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: http://en.irct.ir/trial/7977
• Study type: interventional
• Study design: Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment.
• Phase: 3

Countries of recruitment

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

• Name: Dr Masumeh Bagheri Nesami
• Affiliation: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

• Name: Dr Masumeh Bagheri Nesami
• Affiliation: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: inclusion criteria; includes all patients over 18 years of age who are admitted to the specialty because of stroke and have nasal catheter and constipated. It also includes no diabetes, no history of surgery, diseases and gastrointestinal tract ulcers, no history of chronic constipation, no use of effective drugs on intestinal movements, no history of plague allergy, no history of thyroid disease and neuromuscular diseases.
Exclusion criteria: natural stool, diarrhea, patient death, discharge.
Exclusion criteria:

Age minimum: 18 years
Age maximum: no limit
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Constipation.
Constipation

Constipation

Intervention(s)

Treatment - Other

Control group: 30 cc magnesium hydroxide of Alborz Company with a registration number (1228033896) with 170 cc of water from the third day after being admitted in case of constipation or stool for two days, twice a day at eight o'clock in the morning and eight Night will be given.

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Fifty grams of dried plums are soaked in 170 cc of water for 24 hours and the nucleus is removed. Then, with a blender, make it soft and pass through the filter and in the form of a syrup (volume 200 cc) from the third day onwards if constipation or stool is present for two days, twice a day at eight o'clock in the morning And eight nights will be given. Intervention 2: Control group: 30 cc magnesium hydroxide of Alborz Company with a registration number (1228033896) with 170 cc of water from the third day after being admitted in case of constipation or stool for two days, twice a day at eight o'clock in the morning and eight Night will be given.

Intervention group: Fifty grams of dried plums are soaked in 170 cc of water for 24 hours and the nucleus is removed. Then, with a blender, make it soft and pass through the filter and in the form of a syrup (volume 200 cc) from the third day onwards if constipation or stool is present for two days, twice a day at eight o'clock in the morning And eight nights will be given.

Treatment - Drugs

Primary Outcome(s)

Frequent bowel movements. Timepoint: 1 day before intervention and day(s) after of intervention. Method of measurement: number.

Secondary Outcome(s)

Consolidation stool. Timepoint: 1 day before intervention and day(s) after of intervention. Method of measurement: bristol scale.

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Vice Chancellor for research Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Moalem Street, Moale

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:

Ethics Committee of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences