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Effect of abdominal massage on feeding intolerance in patients receiving enteral nutrition: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Nursing open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06631001 (The Effect of Abdominal Massage on Gastrointestinal Functions in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Abdominal Massage on Gastrointestinal Functions in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition in Intensive Care
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Safety and Efficacy of Manual and Automated Abdominal Colonic Massage for Chronic Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of abdominal massage on feeding intolerance in patients receiving enteral nutrition: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2023Pooled it
- The Effect of Abdominal Massage and In-Bed Exercise on Gastrointestinal Complications, Pain and Comfort in Palliative Care Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2026Trial
- Effect of an Integrated Early Enteral Nutrition Management Protocol on Nutritional Target Attainment in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Study Guided by the MRC Framework.Nursing in critical care · 2026Article
- Efficacy of personalized traditional Chinese medicine massage combined with tuina in the treatment of pediatric congenital heart disease and malnutrition intolerance.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and practice of nurses regarding enteral feeding: a systematic review.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Laparoscopic intracorporeal anastomosisWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Combining orofacial stimulation with gentle touch therapy improves breastfeeding tolerance and weight gain in preterm infants.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- Abdominal massage for chronic constipation in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
aimThis study aimed to evaluate the effect of abdominal massage (AM) on feeding intolerance (FI) in patients receiving enteral nutrition (EN).
designA systematic review and meta-analysis.
methodsWe searched seven electronic databases to September 2021. STATA and RevMan were used to analyse the data.
resultsEleven studies were included. The results revealed that AM could significantly reduce gastric residual volume and abdominal circumference difference, and reduce the incidence of gastric retention, vomiting, abdominal distention (all p < 0.001), diarrhoea (p = 0.02) and constipation (p = 0.002) in the experimental group. One study reported the incidence of aspiration in the control group was higher, but this was not statistically significant (p = 0.07). The meta-regression analysis showed there was a statistically significant correlation between intervention personnel and gastric residual volume (p = 0.035).
conclusionAM could reduce the amount and incidence of gastric retention and the changes in abdominal circumference, and significantly reduce the incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms, without increasing the incidence of aspiration for EN patients. No Patient or Public Contribution.
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