Constipation

The purpose of this website is to provide you with evidence-based oncology nursing interventions for constipation that can be used in the clinical setting. To obtain additional information about the references and levels of evidence used in the nursing interventions, visit the appropriate links below.

Tables of Evidence
The Evidence Tables below provide detailed information about each research article, meta-analysis or systematic review, and/or guideline for constipation.

• Table of Evidence
• Guidelines
• The Meta-analysis and Systematic Review Table provides information about meta-analyses and systematic reviews that were studied for constipation.

Constipation Quick View Resource
A one page, printable summary of the ONS PEP recommendation.

CJON 2009 article - Putting Evidence Into Practice^®: Evidence-Based Interventions for the Prevention and Management of Constipation in Patients With Cancer

Measurement Summary: Constipation

References
The References section provides all the references cited in the constipation ONS PEP resources.