Non-drug therapies for the management of chronic constipation in adults: the CapaCiTY research programme including three RCTs

• Main Authors: Charles H Knowles (Author), Lesley Booth (Author), Steve R Brown (Author), Samantha Cross (Author), Sandra Eldridge (Author), Christopher Emmett (Author), Ugo Grossi (Author), Mary Jordan (Author), Jon Lacy-Colson (Author), James Mason (Author), John McLaughlin (Author), Rona Moss-Morris (Author), Christine Norton (Author), S Mark Scott (Author), Natasha Stevens (Author), Shiva Taheri (Author), Yan Yiannakou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Chronic constipation affects 1-2% of adults and significantly affects quality of life. Beyond the use of laxatives and other basic measures, there is uncertainty about management, including the value of specialist investigations, equipment-intensive therapies using biofeedback, transanal...