Psychological Stress, Family Environment, and Constipation in Japanese Children: The Toyama Birth Cohort Study

Journal of Epidemiology
Masaaki YamadaTakashi Tatsuse

Abstract

Childhood constipation is prevalent and negatively affects quality of life. Although psychological stress and family environment have been identified as risk factors, few epidemiological studies have examined this issue. We aimed to clarify associations of psychological stress and family environment with childhood constipation in a large-scale epidemiological study. In total, 7,998 children aged 9-10 years from the Toyama Birth Cohort Study completed questionnaires. Constipation was defined as bowel movements "less frequently than once every 2 days". Children's lifestyles, including food frequency, psychological stress, family environment, frequency of irritability, unwillingness to attend school, and frequency of interaction with their parents, were analyzed via multivariate logistic regression analysis. Parental employment status and presence at dinner were also examined. In total, 312 children (3.9%) experienced constipation. Girls were more likely to experience constipation than boys (5.1% vs 2.8%). In addition, constipation was significantly associated with girl (odds ratio [OR] 1.97; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.55-2.51), physical inactivity (OR 1.41; 95% CI, 1.01-1.95), overweight (OR 0.58; 95% CI, 0.40-0.85), infrequ...Continue Reading

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