Evaluation of Toilet Habits and Self-Awareness of Constipation Statuses Among Young Adults From Different Faculties at Acibadem University

Abstract

Moreover, women are 1.5 times more likely to be constipated than men (3). Insufficient fluid intake can also be one of the causative factors for constipation by forming a hard stool (15).The study conducted by Dehn et al. (16) demonstrated the relationship between toilet habits and the risk of hemorrhoids. Goldstein et al. (17) attempted to examine the relationship between constipation and reading habits during defecation. However, this study included many bowel diseases besides constipation, and only toilet reading was questioned. In a recently published paper, Berney ( 18) stated that over the last few years they have been getting a lot of complaints from young adults with no significant risk factors referred to them with symptomatic hemorrhoidal disease. He found that the patients mostly reported prolonged sitting time on the toilet due to frequent smartphone usage therefore decided to ask patients presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms about their smartphone usage during their time on the toilet (18). In his paper, he named this situation the "Smartphone Lavatory Syndrome" (18). The study by Çelik (19) attempted to investigate the relationship between hemorrhoid incidence and smartphone use in Turkey, however, the study is not yet completed.This study aims to evaluate Acıbadem University students' self-awareness of their constipation statuses and investigate whether

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