ISSN: 2161-0711

Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Research Article

Intestinal Functional among Adolescents in Brazil

Del Ciampo LA1* and Lopes Del Ciampo2

1Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil

2Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil

*Corresponding Author:
Luiz Antonio Del Ciampo
Professor Doctor, Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics
Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo
Avenida Bandeirantes, 3900, CEP. 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto – São Paulo, Brazil
Tel: +55 11 3091-3116
E-mail: delciamp@fmrp.usp.br

Received date: January 09, 2017; Accepted date: February 01, 2017; Published date: February 04, 2017

Citation: Del Ciampo LA, Lopes Del Ciampo (2017) Intestinal Functional among Adolescents in Brazil. J Community Med Health Educ 7:501. doi:10.4172/2161-0711.1000501

Copyright: © 2017 Del Ciampo LA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

This paper aimed at determining the characteristics of bowel movements among adolescents. A cross-sectional study with all teenagers attended in a Primary Health Care Unit included 215 adolescents. According to the Rome III criteria 11.6% of the adolescents (52% males; 48% females) were considered constipated and 16.2% presented some alterations of intestinal function. Twenty-two (10.2%) reported elimination of dry/fragmented feces and 6.0% increased stool volume. Regarding the perception of bowel movements 39.5% reported a delay in starting evacuation. This result reinforces the importance of to identify the changes in bowel habits to promote interventions for the prevention of intestinal constipation.

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