Introduction
constipation, anxiety, Constipation
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report, the number of people aged 65 or older is projected to grow from an estimated 524 million in 2010 to nearly 1.5 billion in 2050, and more than 15% of the world's population will be older people [Constipation is a common and significant health problem in the older people that has negative effects on their quality of life, increases economic costs, and can lead to psychological symptoms such as anxiety, stress and severe physical symptoms such as intestinal obstruction [A quarter of patients with constipation do not achieve the desired treatment results [Some studies have reported that auricular acupressure (AA) as a non-pharmacological approach, has promising results in the management of constipation [According to WHO, the most important problem that complementary and alternative medicine faces, is the lack of research information in this field [