Lifestyle changes in school children at risk of increasing functional constipation during COVID-19 pandemic

Sufiandika Nuryandari (), Reza Gunadi Ranuh (), Alpha Fardah Athiyyah (), Andy Darma (), Khadijah Rizky Sumitro () and Subijanto Marto Sudarmo ()

Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology, 2024, vol. 8, issue 6, 5179-5186

Abstract: Lifestyle is a habit that occurs continuously in a person's life. Lifestyle in children includes eating, sleeping, and exercise/movement patterns. Functional constipation is a defecation disorder characterized by infrequent bowel movements, hard and painful stools. Constipation is related to lifestyle. Prevalence in school children 0.7-29.6%. Covid-19 pandemic era has brought unprecedented changes to daily life and impact on children functional constipation which may be caused by a low physical activity, dietary changes and sleep disturbance. Prior research that constipation during Covid-19 documented a 1.3 to 2.1-fold rise in. We aimed to review that the lifestyle patterns related to functional constipation in school children during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Functional constipation; Lifestyle; School children. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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