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Factor analysis identifies subgroups of constipation |
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| Authors: | Dinning Philip G Jones Mike Hunt Linda Fuentealba Sergio E Kalanter Jamshid King Denis W Lubowski David Z Talley Nicholas J Cook Ian J |
| Affiliation: | Philip G Dinning,Linda Hunt,Sergio E Fuentealba,Ian J Cook,Department of Gastroenterology,St.George Hospital,University of New South Wales,Kogarah,NSW 2217,Australia Mike Jones,Department of Psychology,Macquarie University,NSW 2109,Australia Jamshid Kalanter,Gastroenterology Research Unit,Nepean Hospital,University of Sydney,Sydney,NSW 2050,Australia Denis W King,David Z Lubowski,Department of Colorectal Surgery,Australia Nicholas J Talley,Gastroenterology and Hepatology,... |
| Abstract: | AIM:To determine whether distinct symptom groupings exist in a constipated population and whether such grouping might correlate with quantifiable pathophysiological measures of colonic dysfunction.METHODS:One hundred and ninety-one patients presenting to a Gastroenterology clinic with constipation and 32 constipated patients responding to a newspaper advertisement completed a 53-item,wide-ranging selfreport questionnaire.One hundred of these patients had colonic transit measured scintigraphically.Factor ana... |
| Keywords: | Factor analysis Constipation Symptoms Clusters Laxatives |
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