Effect of Acupressure on Constipation in Community-dwelling Spinal Cord Injury Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial

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This study will use a double-blind, double-group, randomized controlled trial to compare the effect of the intervention group with the control group. Study participants will be recruited from the "Hong Kong Direction Association for the Handicapped, a non-governmental organization dedicated to serving severely disabled Hong Kong people such as SCI. The sociodemographic data, disease status and outcome indicators of the study subjects were measured before the intervention, after the intervention and one month after the intervention. Research assistants (RA1) were trained to evaluate data and data, blinded to group assignments. We will have the focus group interviews (semi-structured) with caregivers after the second post-intervention assessment of study subjects (after 1-month follow-up). Eight caregivers will participate in interviews, which will be conducted online, to further understand the benefits and limitations of the research intervention.