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A Study of Constipation in the Elderly Living at Home

 

作者: Ian P. Donald,   Roger G. Smith,   John G. Cruikshank,   Robert A. Elton,   Margaret E. Stoddart,  

 

期刊: Gerontology  （Karger Available online 1985）
卷期: Volume 31, issue 2  

页码: 112-118

 

ISSN:0304-324X

 

年代: 1985

 

DOI:10.1159/000212689

 

出版商: S. Karger AG

 

关键词: Constipation;Rectal examination;Abdominal radiograph

 

数据来源: Karger

 

摘要:

A cross-sectional survey of bowel habit has been carried out on 201 elderly patients living at home. Although symptoms of constipation were common, reported bowel frequency was similar to younger people. Constipation was most clearly associated with poor mobility and depression. Digital rectal examination was generally unreliable as an indicator of constipation. Using the abdominal radiograph as the final arbiter, true constipation was present in less than half of those complaining of constipation.

 

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