Chronic constipation diagnosis and treatment evaluation: the “CHRO.CO.DI.T.E.” study

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 5 Specialist consultations requested by the gastroenterologists after their visit

CONSULTATION	878 pts. (%)	IBS-C (%)	FC (%)	NRC (%)	p-value¹
Psychiatrist/psychologist	101 (11.5)	16.0	10.0	3.7*	<0.01
Gynaecologist^a	87(12.3)	15.4	11.6	2.6*	<0.05
Urologist	71 (8.1)	8.0	8.4	5.6	ns
Surgeon	66 (7.5)	6.6	7.8	9.3	ns
Physiatrist/Physiotherapist	49 (5.6)	6.2	5.8	-	ns
Dietician	46 (5.2)	4.0	5.8	5.6	ns
Rheumatologist	15 (1.7)	2.6	1.3	1.9	ns
Neurological	15 (1.7)	1.8	1.6	1.9	ns
Other	17 (1.9)	2.6	1.8	-	ns

IBS-C irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, FC functional constipation, NRC patients do not accomplish Rome III criteria
^acalculated on the women sample visited
¹ p values are referred to the differences between IBS-C, FC and NRC groups, in particular; *vs IBS-C and FC; ns: not statistically significant

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