The current increasing survival of children with central nervous system damage has created a major challenge for medical care. Gastrointestinal and nutritional problems in neurologically impaired children have been recognized as an integral part of their disease, often leading to growth failure and worsened quality of life for both children and caregivers. (1) Measuring rectal wall thickness to highlight the benefit of dietary intervention to constipated children having neurological impairment will be a novel point in this study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Psyllium husk 5gm per day
this group will be advised regarding increasing daily fiber intake
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Anterior rectal wall thickness measured by ultrasonography in each group before and after intervention and comparing both groups
Anterior rectal wall thickness measured by ultrasonography in each group before and after intervention and comparing both groups will be used as a objective method of assessing constipation in those patients
Time frame: 3 to 6 months
To decrease the incidence of constipation in children with neurological impairment as well as improve bowel function.
Aim of the primary outcome is to decrease the incidence of constipation in children with neurological impairment and improve bowel function by using same methods referred to in study design and methodology
Time frame: 3 to 6 months
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