Open AccessDetermining the Prevalence of Constipation and Relating Factors in Elderly People: A Nursing Home Study
Author(s) -
Canan Birimoğlu Okuyan,
Naile Bilgili
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
florence nightingale hemşirelik dergisi/florence nightingale hemşirelik dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2147-8686
pISSN - 2147-4923
DOI - 10.26650/fnjn422104
Subject(s) - constipation , medicine , feeling , nursing homes , elderly people , descriptive statistics , nursing , physical therapy , gerontology , family medicine , psychology , social psychology , statistics , mathematics
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of constipation and related factors based on the Rome II constipation criteria for diagnosis in the elderly.