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World J Clin Cases. Feb 6, 2021; 9(4): 784-791
Published online Feb 6, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i4.784
Published online Feb 6, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i4.784
Effect of biofeedback combined with high-quality nursing in treatment of functional constipation
Xiu Zhao, Jin Meng, Department of Anorectal Disease, Shenyang Coloproctology Hospital, Shenyang 110000, Liaoning Province, China
Jin Dai, Department of Constipation, Shenyang Coloproctology Hospital, Shenyang 110000, Liaoning Province, China
Zhi-Tao Yin, Department of Anorectal Disease, Shenyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang 110000, Liaoning Province, China
Author contributions: Yin ZT conceived and designed the study; Zhao X wrote the manuscript; Meng J performed the statistical analyses; Dai J collected the data; All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Shenyang Coloproctology Hospital, Liaoning Province, China and carried out in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
Informed consent statement: All subjects participating in the study signed the informed consent statement form.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict interest issue.
Data sharing statement: Please contact author for data requests.
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Corresponding author: Zhi-Tao Yin, MSc, Chief Physician, Department of Anorectal Disease, Shenyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 23 Sanhao Street, Shenyang 110000, Liaoning Province, China. yinzitao@163.com
Received: October 25, 2020
Peer-review started: October 25, 2020
First decision: November 20, 2020
Revised: November 30, 2020
Accepted: December 17, 2020
Article in press: December 17, 2020
Published online: February 6, 2021
Peer-review started: October 25, 2020
First decision: November 20, 2020
Revised: November 30, 2020
Accepted: December 17, 2020
Article in press: December 17, 2020
Published online: February 6, 2021
Core Tip
Core Tip: One-hundred patients with functional constipation were selected for clinical observation. The constipation symptom score, anorectal pressure measurement, Anxiety Scale and Zung’s Self-Rating Depression Scale scores, and the patient satisfaction score of the experimental group (biofeedback combined with high-quality nursing) were significantly higher than those of the control group (pure biofeedback treatment).