Prevention of Constipation: Systematic Nursing Interventions to Reduce Postoperative Constipation After Thoracic Surgery

Rigshospitalet, Denmark58 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to reduce the incidence of postoperative constipation by systematic nurse assessment, interventions and evaluation, in the first month after thoracic surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Postoperative Constipation

Interventions

Degree of constipationPROCEDURE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted for planned lung surgery * Patients are capable * Able to talk and understand Danish Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with colostomy and / or ileostomy * Neurological or abdominal diseases * Feed through a tube

Locations (1)

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Center, University hospital Rigshospitalet

Copenhagen, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Constipation incidence the first month after surgery

Secondary Outcomes

Defecation pattern measured after The Bristol Stool scale.

ADL (after Sallings functional scale)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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