Normal bowel habits and prevalence of functional bowel disorders in Singaporean adults - Findings from a community based study in Bishan

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 255-258

  Chen, L Y ^a   Ho, Khek Yu ^a   Phua, K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bowel frequency; Constipation; Diarrhoea; Functional bowel disorder; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONIC DISEASES, FUNCTIONAL; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0034200752     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Heaton KW, O'Donnell LJD, Braddon FEM, Mountford RA, Hughes AO, Cripps PJ. Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in a British urban community: Consulters and nonconsulters. Gastroenterology 1992; 102:1962-7.
2. Jones R, Lydeard S. Irritable bowel syndrome in the general population. BMJ 1992; 304:87-90.
3. Talley NJ, Zinsmeister AR, van Dyke C, Melton LJ. Epidemiology of colonie symptoms end the irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology 1991; 101:927-34.
4. Drossman DA, Li Z, Andruzzi E, Temple RD, Talley NJ, Thompson WG, et al. US householder survey of functional gastrointestinal disorders. Dig Dis Sci 1993; 38:1569-80.
5. Ho KY, Kang JY, Seow A. Prevalence of gastrointestianl symptoms in a multiracial Asian population, with particular reference to reflux-type symptoms. Am J Gastroenterol 1998; 93:1816-22.
6. Danivat D, Tankeyoon M, Sriratanaban A. Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in a non-Western population BMJ 1988; 296:1710.
7. Connell AM, Hilton C, Irvine G, Lennard-Jone JE, Misiewicz JJ. Variation of bowel habits in two population samples. BMJ 1965; 2:1095-9.
8. Census of Population Office, Department of Statistics. 1990 census of population of Singapore. Singapore National Printers, 1992.
9. Ho KY, Kang JY, Seow A. Pattern of consultation and treatment for heartburn: findings from a Singaporean community survey. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1999; 13:1029-34.
10. Drossman DA, Sandler RS, McKee DC, Lovitz AJ. Bowel patterns among subjects not seeking health care. Use of a questionnaire to identify a population with bowel dysfunction. Gastroenterology 1982; 83:529-34.
11. Sandler RS and Drossman DA. Bowel habits in young adults not seeking health care. Dig Dis Sci 1987; 32:841-5.
12. Zuckerman MC, Guerra LG, Drossman DA, Foland JA, Gregory GG. Comparison of bowel patterns in Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites. Dig Dis Sci 1995; 40:1763-9.
13. Manning AP, Thompson WG, Heaton KW, Morris AF. Towards a positive diagnosis of the irritable bowel. BMJ 1978; 2:653-4.