Abstract
In the present study, we aimed to assess whether gum chewing affects bowel motility, including time to first passage of flatus, time to first feces, an time to tolerance of oral fluid after laparoscopic colorectal surgery. The current study had a non-equivalent control group and non-synchronized design. Sixty- four patients who underwent laparoscopic colorectal surgery were assigned to either a gum chewing group (n = 32; experimental group) or a control group (n = 32). The patients in the experimental group chewed gum for 1 hour, 3 times a day, until they passed gas. Chewing gum lead to significant differences in the first passage of flatus (t = 7.716, p = .000) and feces (t = 2.216, p = .030), and time to tolerance of oral fluid (t = 4.40, p < .001) between groups. This research concluded that chewing gum can be a useful intervention to shorten the time to the first passage of flatus and feces as well as to reduce the time to tolerance of oral fluid.
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