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Patterns of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Among Children in Makkah City: A Single Institutional Experience

Hisham Alkhuzaei1, Mohammed A Almatrafi2, Wed Alqahtani2

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Security Forces Hospital, Makkah, SAU.

Cureus
|January 9, 2023
PubMed

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Functional constipation and abdominal pain are common in children in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Functional constipation is more prevalent, increasing with age and linked to gender and family history.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Gastroenterology
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are diagnosed using Rome Foundation criteria.
  • Functional abdominal pain disorders and functional constipation are prevalent pediatric FGIDs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the patterns of FGIDs in children in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
  • To analyze the association of FGIDs with demographic and familial factors.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cohort study of pediatric gastroenterology patients (2015-2019).
  • Data analysis using SPSS software to compare FGID outcomes with patient characteristics.
  • Inclusion criteria met by 152 participants.

Main Results:

  • Prevalence of functional abdominal pain was 17.84%; functional constipation was 50.93%.
  • Abdominal pain showed significant associations with family history (p=0.004) and older age (5-12 years; p=0.001).
  • Constipation correlated significantly with gender (p=0.032) and family history (p<0.001).

Conclusions:

  • Functional constipation and abdominal pain prevalence increase with age in Makkah children.
  • Functional constipation is significantly more prevalent than functional abdominal pain.
  • Age and family history are linked to abdominal pain; gender and family history are linked to constipation.

Keywords:
abdominal painchildrenconstipationfunctional gastrointestinal disorderrome criteria

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