Efficacy of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) supplement in management of constipation among nursing home residents.
Background: Constipation is a significant problem in the elderly, specifically nursing home and/or extended-care facility residents are reported to suffer from constipation. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are beneficial probiotic organisms that contribute to improved nutrition, microbial balance, and im...
| Publicado en: | Nutrition Journal Vol. 9; pp. 5 - 6 |
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BioMed Central
2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105148318&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105148318 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14752891 1CYY jtl: Nutrition Journal issn: 14752891 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2010 vid: 9 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 105148318 NLM20137076 2010597255 10.1186/1475-2891-9-5 NLM20137076 PMC2835640 105148318 ppf: 5 ppct: 1 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Efficacy of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) supplement in management of constipation among nursing home residents. aug: au: An HM Baek EH Jang S Lee do K Kim MJ Kim JR Lee KO Park JG Ha NJ An, Hyang Mi Baek, Eun Hye Jang, Seok Lee, Do Kyung Kim, Mi Jin Kim, Jung Rae Lee, Kang Oh Park, Jong Gi Ha, Nam Joo affil: Department of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 139-742, Republic of Korea sug: subj: Bifidobacterium Constipation Drug Therapy Dietary Supplements Lactobacillus Acidophilus Nursing Homes Gram-Positive Bacteria Adult Age Factors Aged Chronic Disease Constipation Microbiology Feces Microbiology Female Glycoside Hydrolases Drug Effects Glycoside Hydrolases Metabolism Human Intestines Drug Effects Intestines Microbiology South Korea Male Questionnaires Treatment Outcomes Enzymes Drug Effects Enzymes Metabolism Urease Drug Effects Urease Metabolism Young Adult Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Female Male ab: Background: Constipation is a significant problem in the elderly, specifically nursing home and/or extended-care facility residents are reported to suffer from constipation. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are beneficial probiotic organisms that contribute to improved nutrition, microbial balance, and immuno-enhancement of the intestinal tract, as well as diarrhea and constipation effect. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of this LAB supplement in the management of nursing home residents.Methods: Nineteen subjects (8M, 11F; mean age 77.1 +/- 10.1) suffering with chronic constipation were assigned to receive LAB (3.0 x 10(11) CFU/g) twice (to be taken 30 minutes after breakfast and dinner) a day for 2 weeks in November 2008. Subjects draw up a questionnaire on defecation habits (frequency of defecation, amount and state of stool), and we collected fecal samples from the subjects both before entering and after ending the trial, to investigate LAB levels and inhibition of harmful enzyme activities. Results were tested with SAS and Student's t-test.Results: Analysis of questionnaire showed that there was an increase in the frequency of defecation and amount of stool excreted in defecation habit after LAB treatment, but there were no significant changes. And it also affects the intestinal environment, through significantly increase (p < 0.05) fecal LAB levels. In addition, tryptophanase and urease among harmful enzyme activities of intestinal microflora were significantly decreased (p < 0.05) after LAB treatment.Conclusion: LAB, when added to the standard treatment regimen for nursing home residents with chronic constipation, increased defecation habit such as frequency of defecation, amount and state of stool. So, it may be used as functional probiotics to improve human health by helping to prevent constipation. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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