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In this study, it will be investigated whether a daily 30-minute walk or abdominal breathing exercise is more effective on chronic constipation.
According to the results of population-based studies conducted in our country, the frequency of constipation varies between 22-40%. In addition to medical treatment, alternative treatments are frequently used in the treatment of constipation. One of these is exercise.
In addition to medical treatment, alternative treatments are frequently used in the treatment of constipation. One of these is exercise. Many traditional breathing techniques developed in Asia are thought to be beneficial to health. In the light of this information, it is aimed to monitor ActiGraph GT3X+ Accelerometer, which is an objective measurement method of physical activity, and to evaluate the effectiveness of breathing exercise, which is one of the abdominal breathing exercises.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group is doing breathing exercises while watching videos | Active Comparator | Abdominal breathing exercise group .The group, which receives abdominal breathing exercise training, will perform video-assisted breathing exercises for 30 minutes a day. |
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| Medium pace walking group | Active Comparator | Medium pace walking group .Control group will walk at a moderate pace for 30 minutes daily. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Group is doing breathing exercises while watching videos | Other | Group is doing breathing exercises while watching videos: A video consisting of 30-minute exercises will be shot for these patients. And each patient will be asked to do the breathing exercise for 30 minutes by watching this video. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Visual Analog Scale (VAS) | In order to determine the severity of constipation and the degree of impact of their current situation on their lives, individuals will be asked to mark a suitable point on a horizontal line with an actual length of 10 cm. In terms of the impact of the current situation on my life, "0" means it has no impact on my life, and "10" means living like this is unbearable. | two months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Constipation Severity Scale (CSS) | Constipation Severity Scale (CSS):There are 16 questions in total. The Constipation Severity Scale has three subscales: Fecal obstruction (FO), Large Intestinal Laziness (LIL) and Pain. The score that can be obtained from the FO sub-dimension is 0-28, the score that can be obtained from the LIL sub-dimension is 0-29,the score that can be received from the Pain sub-dimension is 0-16, and the lowest score that can be obtained from the CSS is 0 and the highest score is 73.High taken from the scale score indicates that symptoms are severe |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Chronic Constipation Quality of Life Scale | The PAC-QOL survey consists of 28 questions, and based on the factor analysis structure, the instrument consists of four subscales: "Physical discomfort (questions 1-4)," "Psychosocial discomfort (questions 5-12)," "Worries and concerns." (questions 13-23)" and "Satisfaction (questions 24-28)." Similar to a Likert scale, each option is scored from 0-4 (least to greatest impact), with higher scores indicating the worst quality of life. However, since questions 18, 25, 26, 27 and 28 were positive and the other 23 questions were negative, reverse coding was required. |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Fatma Erdeo, Ph D | Necmettin Erbakan University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Faculty of Nezahat Keleşoğlu Health Sciences Necmettin Erbakan University | Konya | Meram | 42000 | Turkey (Türkiye) |
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Two groups with a conventional therapy control group
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The assignment of people to groups will be done by a statistician, apart from the research using a computer program. Randomization will be determined by entering the total number of cases through the program whose URL address is https://www.randomizer.org.
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| Medium pace walking group | Other | Medium pace walking group: 30 minutes daily. Walking at a moderate pace is required. Physical activity levels will be monitored with the ActiGraph GT3X+ Accelerometer. |
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| two months |
| two months |