Open AccessPrevalence and factors associated with faecal impaction in the Spanish old population
Author(s) -
Blanca Serrano Falcón,
Ángel Álvarez Sánchez,
Manuel DíazRubio,
Enrique Rey
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afw166
Subject(s) - medicine , constipation , chronic constipation , population , demography , impaction , fecal impaction , fecal incontinence , epidemiology , gerontology , environmental health , surgery , sociology
Faecal impaction (FI) is a common problem in old people living in nursing home. Its prevalence and associated factors remain unknown in the general population.
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