# The Effect of Acupressure in Improving Constipation Among Inpatients in Neurology Departments

> **NCT05612646** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Taichung Veterans General Hospital** · enrollment: 128 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Constipation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Acupressure
- **PROCEDURE:** routine nursing and fake acupressure

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05612646
- **Lead sponsor:** Taichung Veterans General Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-09-11
- **Primary completion:** 2022-10-24
- **Final completion:** 2022-10-24
- **Target enrollment:** 128 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-09


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05612646

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05612646, "The Effect of Acupressure in Improving Constipation Among Inpatients in Neurology Departments". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05612646. Licensed CC0.

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