Fernanda Mateus Queiroz Schmidt1, Vera Lúcia Conceição de Gouveia Santos2, Rita de Cássia Domansky3, Elaine Barros4, Mariana Alves Bandeira5, Mariana Alves de Melo Tenório6, José Marcio Neves Jorge7. 1. Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Passos - Regional Cancer Hospital, Passos, MG, Brazil. 2. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. 3. School of Nursing, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. 4. Servidor Público Estadual Hospital - HSPE, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. 5. Smith & Nephew, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. 6. University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. 7. School of Medicine, Departament of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of self-reported constipation and associated factors in the general population of a Brazilian city. METHOD: Secondary analysis of an epidemiological study, population-based, cross-sectional study, about bowel habits of Brazilian population. A total of 2,162 individuals were interviewed using two instruments: sociodemographic data and the adapted and validated Brazilian version of the "Bowel Function in the Community" tool. RESULTS: There was a prevalence of 25.2% for the self-reported constipation, 37.2% among women and 10.2% among men. Stroke and old age were associated with constipation in the three statistical models used. CONCLUSION: The prevalence found showed to be similar to the findings in the literature, although some associated factors obtained here have never been investigated.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of self-reported constipation and associated factors in the general population of a Brazilian city. METHOD: Secondary analysis of an epidemiological study, population-based, cross-sectional study, about bowel habits of Brazilian population. A total of 2,162 individuals were interviewed using two instruments: sociodemographic data and the adapted and validated Brazilian version of the "Bowel Function in the Community" tool. RESULTS: There was a prevalence of 25.2% for the self-reported constipation, 37.2% among women and 10.2% among men. Stroke and old age were associated with constipation in the three statistical models used. CONCLUSION: The prevalence found showed to be similar to the findings in the literature, although some associated factors obtained here have never been investigated.
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