TY - JOUR AU - Hidayati, Nur AU - Sukartini, Tintin AU - Padoli, Padoli PY - 2019/10/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - COMPARISON OF TWO TURNING REGIMENS (1 VERSUS EVERY 2 HOURS) IN THE PREVENTION OF CONSTIPATION IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE JF - Belitung Nursing Journal JA - Belitung Nurs J VL - 5 IS - 5 SE - Original Research Article DO - 10.33546/bnj.819 UR - https://www.belitungraya.org/BRP/index.php/bnj/article/view/819 SP - 192-196 AB - <p class="AbstractCxSpFirst"><strong>Background:</strong> Constipation is one of the most common problems in stroke due to inactivity and immobility.</p><p class="AbstractCxSpMiddle"><strong>Objective:</strong> To compare one hour and every two-hour turning regimens in the prevention of constipation in patients with stroke.</p><p class="AbstractCxSpMiddle"><strong>Methods:</strong> This was a quasi-experimental research with pretest posttest with control group design. There were 39 participants assigned in intervention group (n=17) and control group (n=22). The intervention group turned every one hour, while control group turned every two hours. The turning regimen was implemented for five days. A bowel score was used to measure constipation. McNemar Test and Fisher Test were used to measure and compare the bowel score between the two groups.</p><p class="AbstractCxSpMiddle"><strong>Results:</strong> There was no significant difference in the effect of two turning regiments on constipation (<em>p </em>&gt; .05). However, based on a descriptive result, there was a slight decrease in the number of constipation from 47% to 29.4% in the intervention group, and from 32% to 27% in the control group.</p><p class="AbstractCxSpLast"><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Turning might still become an effective way to prevent constipation in patients with stroke either every one hour or two hours without diet modification.</p> ER -