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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/72018, first published .
A Primary Care Program Based on Behavioral Reeducation and Abdominal Massage for Improving the Symptoms of Chronic Constipation: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

A Primary Care Program Based on Behavioral Reeducation and Abdominal Massage for Improving the Symptoms of Chronic Constipation: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

A Primary Care Program Based on Behavioral Reeducation and Abdominal Massage for Improving the Symptoms of Chronic Constipation: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Cristina Segura-Bayona   1 , MSc ;   Josep Vidal-Alaball   2, 3, 4, 5 , PhD ;   Anna Ramírez-Morros   3 , PhD ;   Queralt Miró-Catalina   3, 5 , PhD ;   Anna Ruiz-Comellas   2, 3, 4, 6 , PhD

1 Primary Care Centre Igualada Urbà, Gerència d’Atenció Primària i Comunitària Penedès, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain

2 Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència d’Atenció Primària i a la Comunitat de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain

3 Central Catalonia Research Support Unit, Jordi Gol i Gurina University Institute for Research in Primary Health Care Foundation, Manresa, Spain

4 Faculty of Medicine, Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Spain

5 Intelligence for Primary Care Research Group, Jordi Gol i Gurina University Institute for Research in Primary Health Care Foundation, Manresa, Spain

6 Primary Care Centre Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Gerència d’Atenció Primària i a la Comunitat de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Spain

Corresponding Author:

  • Cristina Segura-Bayona, MSc
  • Primary Care Centre Igualada Urbà
  • Gerència d’Atenció Primària i Comunitària Penedès, Institut Català de la Salut
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  • Barcelona 08700
  • Spain
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  • Email: csegurabayona@gmail.com