Prevalência de constipação intestinal em estudantes da área da saúde
Bowel constipation prevalence in health care students
ABSTRACTObjective: To estimate the Bowel constipation prevalence in health care students, and to analyze the comparison of methods -the Constipation Assessment Scale and the ROMA III criteria -by means of similarity and specificity in this Bowel constipation sample. Methods: Allied health care undergraduate students answered a protocol containing questions related to health related quality of life, number of evacuations per day, ROMA III criteria for evacuations, auto referred constipation and Constipation Assessment Scale. Results: Bowel constipation prevalence was 63.7% according to ROMA III criteria, 46.6% according to Constipation Assessment Scale and 26.4% according to auto referred Bowel constipation. Psychological risk factors that presented significant association to Bowel constipation were the stress and anxiety. We also found that the ROMA III criteria and Constipation Assessment Scale presented an adequate similarity between methods. Conclusion: This study showed a relevant prevalence of Bowel constipation in students an adequate similarity between diagnosis methods.
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