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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Exercise, Dietary Habits, and Defecatory Dysfunction in Patients Living with Colorectal Cancer: A Preliminary Quantitative Study.

Hiromi Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Sasai, Yoshimi Kato, Shinobu Matsumoto, Kiyoji Tanaka

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Hiromi NakagawaGraduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9225-0178
Hiroyuki SasaiResearch Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8120-6163
Yoshimi KatoUji-Tokushukai Medical Center, Kyoto 611-0041, Japan.
Shinobu MatsumotoMedical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka 530-8480, Japan.
Kiyoji TanakaFaculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan.

Funding

the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI JP 20K10728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the association of exercise and dietary habits with defecatory dysfunction in patients living with colorectal cancer. We recruited 61 adult patients who had undergone surgery within the past 20 years and attended outpatient clinics at designated cancer hospitals in Japan. Defecatory dysfunction was defined as any symptom caused by issues with colon and anal function, including fecal incontinence, evacuation difficulties, frequent stools, diarrhea, and constipation. Exercise and dietary habits were assessed via a quantitative questionnaire survey. Postoperative defecatory dysfunction occurred in all the patients. Multivariate analysis revealed no association between exercise habits and defecatory dysfunction; however, dietary fiber intake ≥4 times a week was associated with frequent stools (adjusted odds ratio, 5.11; 95% confidence interval, 1.10, 23.70). These findings suggest a need to alleviate defecatory dysfunction by improving one's dietary habits. Interventions aimed at alleviating defecatory dysfunction by improving the dietary habits in patients living with colorectal cancer are needed.

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colorectal cancerdefecatory dysfunctiondietexercise habitssurvivors

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PMID38891211
PMCPMC11171757

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