Therapeutic effects of intestinal electrophysiology pacing on functional constipation of naval afloat personnel during prolonged voyage
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-6906.2018.02.002
- VernacularTitle:肠电生理起搏对长远航舰艇人员功能性便秘的疗效观察
- Author:
Zhiping WANG
1
;
Hui QIAN
;
Yong XIE
;
Jiao LYU
;
Yunxing SHI
;
Guozhong ZHOU
;
Changyun LIU
Author Information
1. 海军军医大学附属长海医院,上海,200081
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Intestinal electrophysiology pacing;
Prolonged voyage;
Functional constipation;
Curative effect
- From:
Chinese journal of nautical medicine and hyperbaric medicine
2018;25(2):68-71
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the therapeutic effects of intestinal electrophysiology pacing on functional constipation (FC) of naval afloat personnel during prolonged voyage.Methods A total 61 patients with FC were randomly divided into 2 groups,the intestinal electrophysiology pacing group (n =30) and the drug group (n =30).Electric current with multi-wave sine pulse was used to induce intestinal electrophysiology pacing on the body surface.The subjects in the drug group were treated with mosapride tablets,and evaluations were made on the improvement of various symptoms both before and 2 weeks after treatment.Results After treatment with intestinal electrophysiology pacing,the scores of such clinical symptoms as defecation interval time,straining effort,sensation of anorectal blockage,stool consistence,bloating and total scores were all significantly decreased,as compared with those before therapy (P ＜ 0.05).When compared with those of the mosapride group,the treatment with intestinal electrophysiology pacing displayed significant improvement in total clinical symptoms (P ＜ 0.01),shortening of defecation interval time and alleviation of straining effort (P ＜ 0.05).Intestinal electrophysiology pacing treatment was particularly suitable to those confirmed FC patients before voyage(P ＜ 0.05).However,in those newly developed FC patients,there were no significant differences in therapeutic effects,when comparisons were made between the 2 groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Treatment with intestinal electrophysiology pacing could remarkably improve the clinical symptoms of FC patients when compared with mosapride treatment during prolonged voyage,and its superiority was especially remarkable in those FC patients who had been diagnosed to have FC before voyage.
