C05. The Effectiveness of Thai Traditional Massage in Improving Constipation at Institute of Thai-Chinese Traditional Medicine Hospital, Mae Fah Luang University
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Thailand, and if left for a long time. This can lead to many complications and affect daily life. Today, the treatment for constipation most of them uses laxatives. Long-term use of laxatives can cause drug resistance. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to study the effectiveness of Thai traditional massage in improving constipation and the study satisfaction with the treatment of chronic constipation.
Methodology: This study was a one group study design, clinical trial in patients with chronic constipation. The research participants were female or male, aged 20 - 45 years, residing in Chiang Rai province. Thirty subjects had constipation according to Rome III criteria and were diagnosed with constipation that wasn't caused by mechanical obstruction or due to another cause such as cancer by a modern physician. All will be treated with Thai traditional massage and herbal compresses to treat chronic constipation for a period of 1 day and collected data with measuring instruments, including a recorded form.
Results: The study showed improved behavior of defecation, urination, and decreased use of laxatives. There was an increase in the number of times defecation. Difficulty in defecation, inability to defecate, abdominal pain during defecation, time to use defecate, and use of laxatives or manual maneuvers to facilitate defecations are decreased. In addition, the satisfaction of the research participants in terms of quality of service, quality of treatment, and overall satisfaction level were strongly satisfied.
Conclusion: The study had shown that Thai traditional massage for chronic constipation helps to stimulate the frequency of bowel movements without any side effects. It was concluded that the Thai traditional massage was safe and suitable to be used to treat primary constipation.
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