What do pediatrics Residents know about the psychological factors in constipation?

• Autor(a) principal: Motta,Claudia dos Reis
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Iêgo,Sandro, Oliveira,Juliana de, Castro,Hélio de, Silva,Luciana Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-00862013000100003
• topic: constipation; knowledge; medical residency; psychotherapy

The objective of the present work was to evaluate what pediatrics Residents know about constipation and associated psychological factors.A cross-sectional, descriptive study was developed with 42 medical Residents from Salvador, Brazil, using a questionnaire on constipation diagnosis, therapy, complications and related factors.The results show that 95.2% mentioned diet as a triggering factor of constipation, 26.6% organic diseases, 38.0% parents’ emotional factors, and 23.8% child’s emotional factors. Associated aspects included hostile family environment/sexual abuse (88.1%), parental crisis (66.7%), fear/anxiety (78.6%), maternal control (61.9%). Reasons for referring the patient to psychotherapy included psychoaffective aspects (76.1%). Regarding treatment, 97.6% performed dietary changes. All acknowledged the need for more information on Functional constipation (FC). Multidisciplinary educational programs should be developed from undergraduate level up to medical residency.