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dc.contributor.author | Devanarayana, N.M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Rajindrajith, S. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-29T09:32:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-29T09:32:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2010; 56(3): 144-8 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0142-6338 (Print) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1465-3664 (Electronic) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2010 | |
dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE | |
dc.description.abstract | Emotional stress is associated with some functional gastrointestinal diseases, but its role in aetiology of functional constipation is unclear. This island-wide, questionnaire-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the association between constipation and emotional stress, in 10-16-year-olds. Constipation was defined using Rome III criteria. Out of 2699 children included in the analysis, 416 (15.4%) had constipation. Constipation was higher in those exposed to stressful events (odds ratio 2.52, p < 0.0001). Separation from the best friend, failure in an examination, severe illness of a family member, loss of job by a parent, frequent punishment by parents and living in an area affected by separatist war remained independently associated with constipation (p < 0.05). In conclusion, constipation was significantly higher in children exposed to stressful life events. Modulation of gut motility through brain-gut axis probably alters colonic transit and ano-rectal functions, causing constipation. | |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
dc.title | Association between constipation and stressful life events in a cohort of Sri Lankan children and adolescents | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.department | Physiology | en_US |
dc.identifier.department | Paediatrics | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | University of California Los Angeles Division of Population Family and International Health | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | British Postgraduate Medical Federation Tropical Child Health Unit | en_US |
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