PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTIPATION IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN: A COMMUNITY-BASED STUDY
| Autor: | Amanda Almeida Gomes DANTAS, Isabelle Ribeiro BARBOSA, Shamyr Sulyvan de CASTRO, Caroline Wanderley Souto FERREIRA, Saionara Maria Aires da CAMARA, Diego de Sousa DANTAS |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, Vol 57, Iss 2, Pp 188-192 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-4219 0004-2803 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0004-2803.202000000-36 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Intestinal constipation is characterized by problems related to evacuation, and presents high prevalence in the female gender. This condition has demonstrated negative effects on the development of daily activities, causing damage to the physical and emotional well-being of individuals who are diagnosed with it. Studies that investigate what health impairments intestinal constipation can cause are scarce in the literature. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to verify the prevalence and factors associated with intestinal constipation in premenopausal women living in Northeastern Brazil. METHODS: It is a cross-sectional study. This was carried out in the northeast of Brazil. Participated 195 women, adult and middle age. Social conditions, habits and lifestyle, clinical aspects and obstetric history were investigated. Constipation was diagnosed using the Rome III Criteria. Multivariate analysis was conducted using Poisson Regression with robust variance to analyze the relationship between intestinal constipation and independent variables. A statistical significance level of P |
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