This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of abdominal massage in the management of constipation. We conducted this systematic review by scanning Pubmed, CINAHL, EBSCOhost, ScienceDirect, Ovi, ProQuest, Web of Science and ULAKBIM National Databases without any time restriction. To search the literature, we used the following keywords: ``constipation{''}, ``constipation management{''} and ``abdominal massage{''}. We included into the systematic review randomised controlled trials on constipation management whose full texts were available both in English and Turkish, while studies without the full text and/or ongoing studies were excluded. A total of 31 articles were found
