Research Article
Colonic Transit Time and Gut Peptides in Adult Patients with Slow and Normal Colonic Transit Constipation
Table 1
CSS system code and Constipaq code.
| C stool frequency (number of defecations) | | (0) >2 per week | | (1) 2 per week | | (2) 1 per week | | (3) <1 per week | | (4) <1 per month | | N incomplete defecation | | (0) Never | | (1) <1 per month | | (2) 1–4 per month | | (3) 1-2 per week | | (4) >2 per week | | T time spent in toilet (minutes) | | (0) <5 | | (1) 5–10 | | (2) 10–20 | | (3) 20–30 | | (4) >30 | | A unfruitful attempts (numbers) | | (0) Never | | (1) 1–3 per day | | (2) 4–6 per day | | (3) 7–9 per day | | (4) >9 per day | | O obstruction, pain, straining | | (0) Never | | (1) <1 per month | | (2) 1–4 per month | | (3) 1-2 per week | | (4) >2 per week | | S abdominal discomfort, pain, bloating | | (0) Never | | (1) <1 per month | | (2) 1–4 per month | | (3) 1-2 per week | | (4) >2 per week | | I-P helping in defecation | | (0) <1 per week | | (1) Laxatives, suppositories () > 1 per week | | (2) Enema, digitation () > 1 per week | | Q duration of constipation (year) | | (0) <1 | | (1) 1–5 | | (2) 6–10 | | (3) 11–20 | | (4) >20 | |
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Constipaq = CCS (0–30) + number of capital letters (0–9) + QoL (0–3) × .
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