Effect of psychological behavior Intervention combined with gastreprokinetic drugs for patients with functional constipation
ZHANG Li-hua
XU Chun-jin
CHEN Yu-long
Abstract：Objective To investigate the effect of the psychological behavior intervention on the mental status and clinical symptom of functional constipation. Methods Forty-two patients with functional constipation diagnosed by Rome Ⅱ diagnostic code were treated with psychological behavior intervention and gastroprokinetic drugs for6 weeks. The Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), self-rating depressive scale (SDS) and health status questionnaire SF-36 were analyzed on mental status, and the improving of clinical symptom before and after the treatment. Results The scores of SAS and SDS after the treatment notably decreased [SAS:(31.25±9.61, 40.71±8.24),P<0.01 ; SDS: (41.28±7.52,46.83±8.11),P<0.01].The degrade of each component scores of the SF-36 questionnaire after than before the treatment was significant (P<0.01, P < 0.05 ). The recovery rate of patients with functional constipation was 76.19% (32/42). Conclusion Psychological behavior intervention combined with gastroprokinetic drugs can help patients with functional constipation improve mental status and quality of life, with relieved constipation symptoms.
Keywords：Functional constipationPsychological behavior interventionQuality of life
Publication Date：2009-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 443-444 )