Influence of Dietary Oatmeal Supplementation on the Defecation Status in Elderly Living in a Long-term Care Institution
| Autor: | Yin-Fen Huang, 黃瀅芬 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 106 Constipation has become a common problem in the elder due to aging, physiological changes, weakening ability to chew, suffering from various chronic diseases and medication under the influence of multiple factors.The structure of population support in our country has shifted to mainly helping the elderly, and the number of the elderly people who are staying in the elderly care institutions has also gradually increased. Literature shows that the current treatment of resident care agencies cure constipation is to use laxatives, but also regularly give enema. However, use of enemas in regular over a long period of time will make the electrolyte imbalance, increase the chance of rectal perforation, and reduce the quality of life. Therefore, this study would like to use diet to improve constipation. Water-soluble fiber in oats can help the growth of intestinal bacteria, increase gastrointestinal motility and water retention. Therefore excrement can be easily excreted. This study used a commercially available oatmeal intervention to test for improvement in the efficacy of constipation for elderly residents in long-term care settings. In this study, 26 residents were used as experimental subjects, and they drank oat milk every afternoon. Then compare the daily defecation before and during the oats intervention with the related factors (the number and intensity of peristalsis, the number and nature of defecation, Enema situation) changes, and the other before and after intervention to discuss the body weight, body mass index and cholesterol. The results showed that the consumption of oatmeal had a positive effect on the improvement of the number of peristalsis, and the results of the analysis were statistically significant. After the intervention of oatmeal, effects mentioned above could be extended; The number of defecation increased once, while the defecation of more subjects tended to have Type 3 and Type 4. The number of people digging out decreases with the number of drinking days, while the number of defecation increased. |
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