caa a22 4500 475811712 CHVBK 20180406123800.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s001920050073 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s001920050073 Constipation in Australian Women: Prevalence and Associated Factors [Elektronische Daten] [P. Chiarelli, W. Brown, P. McElduff] Abstract:: A postal health survey was completed by 14 761 young women (aged 18-23 years), 14 070 middle-aged women (45-50 years) and 12 893 older women (70-75 years). The prevalence of constipation was 14.1% (CI 13.5-14.7) in young women, 26.6% (CI 25.9-27.4) in middle-aged women, and 27% (CI 26.9-28.5) in the older women. The prevalence of hemorrhoids was 3.2% (CI 2.9-3.4 young), 17.7% (CI 17.1-18.4 middle-aged) and 18.3% (CI 17.6-19.0 older). In the middle-aged and older women, those who reported previous gynecologic surgery were between 18% and 63% more likely to report constipation; in the younger cohort, women with one or two children were also more likely to report constipation (adjusted OR 1.43-1.46). One-third of the young women and half the middle-aged and older women had sought help for constipation; the majority indicated that they were satisfied with the help available to them. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2000 Key words:Constipation - Hemorrhoids - Hysterectomy - Parity - Pelvic floor - Women nationallicence Chiarelli P. University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, AU aut Brown W. University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, AU aut McElduff P. University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, AU aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920050073 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920050073 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chiarelli P. University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, AU aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brown W. University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, AU aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McElduff P. University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia, AU aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer