Home-based versus office-based biofeedback therapy for constipation with dyssynergic defecation: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Office-based biofeedback therapy is effective for constipation with dyssynergic defecation, but must be performed by skilled staff, is only available in selected centres, and requires multiple visits. The efficacy of home-based biofeedback therapy is unknown. We compared clinical and subjective outcomes with home-based and office-based approaches.

Methods

In this randomised controlled trial, eligible patients were adult outpatients (age 18-80 years) who met the Rome III criteria for functional constipation and who had been referred to a tertiary-care centre after non-response to routine management, and who had dyssynergic defecation. Patients were randomly assigned according to a schedule generated in advance by the study biostatistician, in permuted blocks of fou

SUBMITTER: Rao SSC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6206847 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature