Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients included in this study.
| Patient information | N |
|---|---|
| Clinical characteristics | |
| Age, y | |
| <60 | 26 |
| 60–79 | 12 |
| ≥80 | 11 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 21 |
| Female | 28 |
| Indication of abdominal ultrasonography, number | |
| Acute abdomen | 5 |
| Chronic abdominal distention | 11 |
| Chronic abdominal discomfort | 13 |
| Abdomen mass | 1 |
| Over 1 year since last abdominal ultrasound | 19 |
| Primary disease, number | |
| Alzheimer's disease | 9 |
| Organic psychosis | 1 |
| Depression | 5 |
| Epilepsy | 1 |
| Schizophrenia | 18 |
| Mental retardation | 2 |
| Down's syndrome | 1 |
| Subacute degeneration of spinal cord | 1 |
| Dysopia | 4 |
| Sequelae of cerebral infarction | 9 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 |
| Fracture | 2 |
| Shoulder-hand syndrome | 1 |
| Parkinson-plus syndrome | 1 |
| Hypertension | 23 |
| Diabetes | 11 |
| Chronic kidney diseases | 1 |
| Chronic incomplete intestinal obstruction | 1 |