{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Neri L"],"funding":["Shire"],"pagination":["138-47"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4040810"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["2(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>We sought to evaluate the association between constipation severity, productivity losses and healthcare utilization in a national sample of Italian patients with chronic non-organic constipation (CC).<h4>Methods</h4>We enrolled 878 outpatients with CC. Clinical and demographic data were collected by physicians during clinical examinations. Patients completed a self-administered questionnaire (Patient Assessment of Constipation-Symptoms, PAC-SYM; Work Productivity and Activity Impairment; healthcare utilization, and Symptoms Checklist 90 Revised - Somatization Scale, SCL-90 R).<h4>Results</h4>Mean PAC-SYM score was 1.62 ± 0.69. Mean weekly sick time due to constipation was 2.7 ± 8.6 h and productivity losses due to presenteeism was 19.7% ± 22.3%. Adjusted productivity loss"],"journal":["United European gastroenterology journal"],"pubmed_title":["Constipation severity is associated with productivity losses and healthcare utilization in patients with chronic constipation."],"pmcid":["PMC4040810"],"funding_grant_id":["DoxaPharma"],"pubmed_authors":["Altomare DF","Del Piano M","Passaretti S","Noris R","Luzza F","Savarino V","Cicala M","Fries W","Benini L","Galeazzi F","Pilotto A","Stanghellini V","Corsetti M","Guarnieri G","Giangregorio F","Basilisco G","Neri L","Annese A","Corazziari E","Bazzocchi G","Cipolletta L","Lo Cascio M","Orselli S","Bellini M","Battaglia E","Comandini G","Pazzi P","Virgilio C","Cuomo R","LIRS Study Group","Miraglia S","Portincasa P","Macarri G","Bocchini R","Bendia E","Bonventre S","Neri MC","Conio M","Valle C","Crotta S","Di Stefano M","Tammaro L","Cannizzaro R","Sablich R","Usai Satta P","Bassotti G","Grassini M","Perelli I","Andriulli A","Cogliandro R","Di Mario F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Constipation severity is associated with productivity losses and healthcare utilization in patients with chronic constipation.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>We sought to evaluate the association between constipation severity, productivity losses and healthcare utilization in a national sample of Italian patients with chronic non-organic constipation (CC).<h4>Methods</h4>We enrolled 878 outpatients with CC. Clinical and demographic data were collected by physicians during clinical examinations. Patients completed a self-administered questionnaire (Patient Assessment of Constipation-Symptoms, PAC-SYM; Work Productivity and Activity Impairment; healthcare utilization, and Symptoms Checklist 90 Revised - Somatization Scale, SCL-90 R).<h4>Results</h4>Mean PAC-SYM score was 1.62 ± 0.69. Mean weekly sick time due to constipation was 2.7 ± 8.6 h and productivity losses due to presenteeism was 19.7% ± 22.3%. Adjusted productivity loss","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014 Apr","modification":"2025-04-18T21:25:41.79Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:29:15Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4040810","cross_references":{"pubmed":["24953097"],"doi":["10.1177/2050640614528175"]}}