Lifestyle is a habit that occurs continuously in a person's life. Lifestyle in children includes eating, sleeping, and exercise/movement patterns. Functional constipation is a defecation disorder characterized by infrequent bowel movements, hard and painful stools. Constipation is related to lifestyle. Prevalence in school children 0.7-29.6%. Covid-19 pandemic era has brought unprecedented changes to daily life and impact on children functional constipation which may be caused by a low physical activity, dietary changes and sleep disturbance. Prior research that constipation during Covid-19 documented a 1.3 to 2.1-fold rise in. We aimed to review that the lifestyle patterns related to functional constipation in school children during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lifestyle changes in school children at risk of increasing functional constipation during COVID-19 pandemic
Authors
- Sufiandika Nuryandari Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, and Department of Child Health, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya
- Reza Gunadi Ranuh Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, and Department of Child Health, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya
- Alpha Fardah Athiyyah Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, and Department of Child Health, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya
- Andy Darma Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, and Department of Child Health, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya
- Khadijah Rizky Sumitro Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, and Department of Child Health, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya
- Subijanto Marto Sudarmo Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, and Department of Child Health, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya
