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To discuss the effects of improving the irritable bowel syndrome patients' quality of life and defecation after implementing acupuncture-like Transcutaneous Electrical nerve stimulation.
This experiment will use a clinical design that will collect cases in a local teaching hospital. The way of convenience sampling will gather from the irritable bowel syndrome patients. After a questionnaire, randomly to make invention and control groups. Invention and control groups are 4 weeks and 3 weeks respectively. Each time will be for 20 minutes acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation treatment. The Control group will still have normal nursing. There will be 72 patients in two groups. The measured timing will be in the second, fourth, and eighth weeks after the prediction and invention.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation | Experimental |
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| Control group:conventional therapy | No Intervention | The control group will receive routine care. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation | Device | The intervention group performed Al-TENS therapy 3 times a week for at least 20 minutes each time for 4 consecutive weeks. The second, fourth, and eighth week after the intervention. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| WHOQOL-BREF,Taiwan version | There are a total of 28 questions on this scale, of which 26 are common questions around the world, and the other 2 are local questions. This questionnaire is a positive question and a five-point scoring system. The higher the score, the better the quality of life. | pretest |
| WHOQOL-BREF,Taiwan version | There are a total of 28 questions on this scale, of which 26 are common questions around the world, and the other 2 are local questions. This questionnaire is a positive question and a five-point scoring system. The higher the score, the better the quality of life | 2 weeks after the pretest |
| WHOQOL-BREF,Taiwan version | There are a total of 28 questions on this scale, of which 26 are common questions around the world, and the other 2 are local questions. This questionnaire is a positive question and a five-point scoring system. The higher the score, the better the quality of life | 4 weeks after the pretest |
| WHOQOL-BREF,Taiwan version | There are a total of 28 questions on this scale, of which 26 are common questions around the world, and the other 2 are local questions. This questionnaire is a positive question and a five-point scoring system. The higher the score, the better the quality of life | 8 weeks after the pretest |
| irritable bowel syndrome Severity Score | There are a total of 5 questions on this scale. This questionnaire is a positive question type. The score of each item can be from 0 to 100. Therefore, the overall severity of IBS ranges from 0 to 500. The severity of symptoms can be divided into mild; moderate; severe, the higher the score, the more severe the IBS symptoms | pretest |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 1 | gender | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 2 | Date of birth |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Tsu Ying Fang | New Taipei City | 237 | Taiwan |
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| irritable bowel syndrome Severity Score | There are a total of 5 questions on this scale. This questionnaire is a positive question type. The score of each item can be from 0 to 100. Therefore, the overall severity of IBS ranges from 0 to 500. The severity of symptoms can be divided into mild; moderate; severe, the higher the score, the more severe the IBS symptoms | 2 weeks after the pretest |
| irritable bowel syndrome Severity Score | There are a total of 5 questions on this scale. This questionnaire is a positive question type. The score of each item can be from 0 to 100. Therefore, the overall severity of IBS ranges from 0 to 500. The severity of symptoms can be divided into mild; moderate; severe, the higher the score, the more severe the IBS symptoms | 4 weeks after the pretest |
| irritable bowel syndrome Severity Score | There are a total of 5 questions on this scale. This questionnaire is a positive question type. The score of each item can be from 0 to 100. Therefore, the overall severity of IBS ranges from 0 to 500. The severity of symptoms can be divided into mild; moderate; severe, the higher the score, the more severe the IBS symptoms | 8 weeks after the pretest |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of Life | This questionnaire has a total of 34 questions, all of which are positive questions, and are scored with five points, divided into 1 point = completely no, 2 points = a little bit, 3 points = medium, 4 points = equivalent, 5 points = extreme. The score range is 34~170 points, the higher the score, the worse the quality of life | pretest |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of Life | This questionnaire has a total of 34 questions, all of which are positive questions, and are scored with five points, divided into 1 point = completely no, 2 points = a little bit, 3 points = medium, 4 points = equivalent, 5 points = extreme. The score range is 34~170 points, the higher the score, the worse the quality of life | 2 weeks after the pretest |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of Life | This questionnaire has a total of 34 questions, all of which are positive questions, and are scored with five points, divided into 1 point = completely no, 2 points = a little bit, 3 points = medium, 4 points = equivalent, 5 points = extreme. The score range is 34~170 points, the higher the score, the worse the quality of life | 4 weeks after the pretest |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of Life | This questionnaire has a total of 34 questions, all of which are positive questions, and are scored with five points, divided into 1 point = completely no, 2 points = a little bit, 3 points = medium, 4 points = equivalent, 5 points = extreme. The score range is 34~170 points, the higher the score, the worse the quality of life | 8 weeks after the pretest |
| Bristol Stool Form Scale | The first and second types of stool show that the patient has constipation, the first type is more serious than the second type; the normal stool types are the third and fourth types, and the fifth to seventh types are suspected Diarrhea (Lewis, & Heaton, 1997), the above description indicates that the lower the score, the more severe the constipation symptoms, and vice versa, the more severe the diarrhea symptoms | pretest |
| Bristol Stool Form Scale | The first and second types of stool show that the patient has constipation, the first type is more serious than the second type; the normal stool types are the third and fourth types, and the fifth to seventh types are suspected Diarrhea (Lewis, & Heaton, 1997), the above description indicates that the lower the score, the more severe the constipation symptoms, and vice versa, the more severe the diarrhea symptoms | 2 weeks after the pretest |
| Bristol Stool Form Scale | The first and second types of stool show that the patient has constipation, the first type is more serious than the second type; the normal stool types are the third and fourth types, and the fifth to seventh types are suspected Diarrhea (Lewis, & Heaton, 1997), the above description indicates that the lower the score, the more severe the constipation symptoms, and vice versa, the more severe the diarrhea symptoms | 4 weeks after the pretest |
| Bristol Stool Form Scale | The first and second types of stool show that the patient has constipation, the first type is more serious than the second type; the normal stool types are the third and fourth types, and the fifth to seventh types are suspected Diarrhea (Lewis, & Heaton, 1997), the above description indicates that the lower the score, the more severe the constipation symptoms, and vice versa, the more severe the diarrhea symptoms | 8 weeks after the pretest |
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| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 3 | marital status | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 4 | education level | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 5 | Work | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 6 | religion | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 7 | family history | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 8 | History of chronic disease | pretest |
| Basic and disease information list 9 | smokes | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 10 | drink wine | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 11 | Betel nut | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 12 | Sleep status | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 13 | Special eating habits | pretest |
| Part 1: Basic personal information:Basic and disease information list 14 | Exercise habits | pretest |
| Part 2: Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome:Basic and disease information list 1 | Irritable bowel disease onset time | pretest |
| Part 2: Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome:Basic and disease information list 2 | Bowel movement | pretest |
| Part 2: Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome:Basic and disease information list 3 | treatment | pretest |
| ID | Term |
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| D043183 | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| ID | Term |
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| D003109 | Colonic Diseases, Functional |
| D003108 | Colonic Diseases |
| D007410 | Intestinal Diseases |
| D005767 | Gastrointestinal Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |
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