Table 4.
School related factors analysis of children with functional constipation and without constipation
|
Characteristics
|
Functional constipation (n = 78), n (%)
|
Without constipation (n = 573), n (%)
|
P
value
|
| Type of school | 0.2211 | ||
| Govt | 50 (64.1) | 396 (69.1) | |
| Non Govt | 28 (35.9) | 177 (30.9) | |
| Residential | 0.0911 | ||
| Yes | 32 (41) | 187 (32.6) | |
| No | 46 (59) | 386 (67.4) | |
| Long periods of school | 0.0131 | ||
| Yes | 13 (16.7) | 166 (29) | |
| No | 65 (83.3) | 407 (71) | |
| Unhygienic toilet | 0.0561 | ||
| Yes | 19 (24.4) | 93 (16.2) | |
| No | 58 (75.6) | 480 (83.8) | |
| Toilet number | 0.0131 | ||
| Adequate | 64 (82.1) | 523 (91.3) | |
| Inadequate | 18 (17.9) | 50 (8.7) | |
| Feeling embarrassed to use toilet | 0.0391 | ||
| Yes | 9 (11.5) | 31 (5.4) | |
| No | 69 (88.5) | 542 (94.6) |
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Chi-square test, P value < 0.05 considered as statistically significant.