A nation-wide study of prevalence and risk factors for fecal impaction in nursing homes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Rey, Enrique ^a   Barcelo, Marta ^a   Cebrián, Maria Jose Jiménez ^b   Alvarez Sanchez, Angel ^a   Diaz Rubio, Manuel ^a   Rocha, Alberto Lopez ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Centro Valdeluz ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; ENEMA; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG USE; FECES IMPACTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; FECAL IMPACTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECAL IMPACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84929056200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105281     Document Type: Article

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