ArticlePrzeglad gastroenterologiczny2018
The occurrence and risk factors of constipation in inpatient palliative care unit patients vs. nursing home residents.
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- Socioeconomic burden of patients hospitalized for fecal impaction: a nationwide retrospective observational study.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Observational
- Best Practice to Prevent Constipation in People Living With Dementia: A Scoping Review.International journal of older people nursing · 2025Article
- Exploring the top 30 drugs associated with drug-induced constipation based on the FDA adverse event reporting system.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Observation of the Intervention Effect of Biofeedback Therapy Combined With Cluster Nursing on Perioperative Constipation in Patients With Thoracolumbar Fracture.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- 'Take more laxatives was their answer to everything': A qualitative exploration of the patient, carer and healthcare professional experience of constipation in specialist palliative care.Palliative medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionConstipation is one of the most frequent clinical and nursing problems both in palliative care patients and in nursing home residents.
aimTo assess the occurrence of constipation and its risk factors in adult inpatient palliative care units versus nursing homes. MATERIAL AND
methodsAn epidemiological study was performed in an inpatient hospice and a nursing home.
resultsFifty-one hospice patients and 49 nursing home residents were included in the study. Cancer was the main clinical condition in 90% of the palliative care patients (PCPs), and dementia or other psychotic disorders were predominant in the nursing home residents (NHRs). More PCPs had constipation than did NHRs (80% vs. 59%;
conclusionsConstipation is very frequent in both palliative care patients and nursing home residents, but PCPs are more prone to it. The NHR and PCR groups should not be treated uniformly as the end-of-life population, referring to prevention and treatment of constipation, therapy needs, and the means enrolled for optimal symptom control.
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