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Prevalence, incidence and prognosis of gastrointestinal symptoms in a random sample of an elderly population.
- Source :
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Age and ageing [Age Ageing] 1994 Mar; Vol. 23 (2), pp. 146-9. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- In 1984 a random sample of a 70-year-old Danish population of 1119 subjects was questioned about abdominal symptoms and 5 years later survivors were contacted for follow-up. The participation rate at the primary study was 72% and 91% of the surviving subjects attended the follow-up. One-year period prevalences of single symptoms were 1-40%, annual incidence values 1-25% and 5-year disappearance rates were more than 50%. Irritable bowel syndrome occurred with a prevalence of 6-18% depending on definition, and incidences were of a similar magnitude. At the 5-year follow-up 50-79% of subjects originally suffering from irritable bowel syndrome no longer did so. The annual prevalence rate of symptoms of upper dyspepsia varied from 9% to 25%, annual incidence was 3-12%, and cumulative 5-year disappearance rate 45-65%. It is concluded that abdominal symptoms and the syndromes they constitute occur frequently and fluctuatingly in the elderly population.
- Subjects :
- Abdominal Pain epidemiology
Abdominal Pain etiology
Abdominal Pain mortality
Aged
Cause of Death
Colonic Diseases, Functional epidemiology
Colonic Diseases, Functional etiology
Colonic Diseases, Functional mortality
Cross-Sectional Studies
Denmark epidemiology
Dyspepsia epidemiology
Dyspepsia etiology
Dyspepsia mortality
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gases
Gastrointestinal Diseases etiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases mortality
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms epidemiology
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms mortality
Humans
Incidence
Intestines
Male
Prognosis
Gastrointestinal Diseases epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0002-0729
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Age and ageing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8023724
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/23.2.146