Prevalence and factors associated with functional constipation in university students
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-652X.2016.3.22591Keywords:
constipation, prevalence, students.Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with functional constipation in university students.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed with 90 university students from private higher education institutions located in São Paulo-SP. Data collection was performed by completing a self-administered questionnaire with questions about age, sex, ethnicity, practice of physical activity, tobacco use, self-reported weight and height, undergraduate course, family history of constipation, number of daily meals, fiber and water intake. Presence of functional constipation was determined according to Rome III criteria. Logistic regression models were created, in which establishes crude and adjusted hazard ratios according to study variables.
Results: 90 university students (70 female) with a mean age of 26.8±8.6 years ld were evaluated. Prevalence of functional constipation was 20.0%. The most prevalent symptoms were fewer than three evacuations per week (30.0%), straining (21.1%), lumpy or hard stools (21.1%) and sensation of incomplete evacuation (17.8%). In the multivariate model, there was marginal statistical difference only for sex, wherein the prevalence was higher in males compared to females (35.0% and 15.7%, respectively, p=0.06). For other factors, there was no statistical difference.
Conclusion: Prevalence of functional constipation in the study sample can be considered elevated. No association was found with classic risk factors for constipation.
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