Assessment of Behavioural Disorders in Children with Functional Constipation
| Autor: | Amal H Aljohani, Abeer Fathy, Marwa M. El-Sonbaty, Ahmed Fathy |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Constipation Clinical Sciences lcsh:Medicine 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Problems Behavioural disorders 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Emotional distress medicine Psychological testing 030212 general & internal medicine Pediatric Encopresis Functional business.industry lcsh:R General Medicine medicine.disease Pediatric Symptom Checklist Functional constipation medicine.symptom Behavioural business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 7, Iss 23 (2019) Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences; Vol. 7 No. 23 (2019): Dec 15 (OAMJMS); 4019-4022 |
| ISSN: | 1857-9655 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Functional constipation (FC) is a common health problem in paediatrics that causes significant physical and emotional distress to patients and their families. AIM: In the current work, we assessed the presence of behavioural problems in children with functional constipation and their pattern and relation to various demographic and disease-associated factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional case-control study was conducted, including 55 consecutive children aged 4-16 years diagnosed with functional constipation and 55 healthy age and sex-matched controls. Psychological assessment was done using the Pediatric Symptom Checklist – 17 (PSC-17). RESULTS: Twenty-six (47.3%) patients with FC had positive total PSC-17 scores while none of the controls had positive scores (p-value < 0.001). Positive internalising and externalising behaviours scores and attention problems were found in 36 (65.5%), 15 (27.3%) and 12 (21.8%) of the patients respectively in contrary to controls where only 6 (10.9%) had positive scores in internalising behaviour, and non-showed externalising behaviour and 4 (7.3%) were inattentive. Older age, longer duration of illness, residency in rural areas and presence of encopresis were found to have a significant association with the presence of such problems. CONCLUSION: Children with FC have more behavioural disorders compared to healthy controls. Integration of psychosocial aspects and their management is recommended during dealing with patients with FC. |
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