Electroacupuncture for Women with Chronic Severe Functional Constipation: Subgroup Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acupuncture has been found to be effective for treating chronic constipation.

Objective

The objective of this exploratory study was to evaluate the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) in the subgroup of women with chronic severe functional constipation.

Methods

This is a subgroup analysis of the multicenter, randomized, sham-acupuncture (SA) controlled trial. The efficacy of 822 (76%) female patients of the 1075 randomized patients with chronic severe functional constipation was evaluated. Patients were randomly assigned to receive 28 sessions of EA or SA over 8 weeks with 12 weeks' follow-up. This study focused on sustained complete spontaneous bowel movements (CSBMs) responders over the 8-week treatment.

Results

The primary outcome which was percen

SUBMITTER: Zhou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6348848 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature