Anxiety Disorders in Children with Functional Constipation: A Case-Control Study

Background: Functional constipation as a common disorder in children, may be induce by psychiatric disorders. The present study aimed to evaluate and compared anxiety disorders children with without functional constipation. Methods: This case-control was conducted on 200 (100 cases 100 constipation) aged 15 - 8 years. participants’ age gender were evaluated two groups. Moreover, the Spence Children Anxiety Scale (SCAS) (parent form) for completed. Finally, collected data analyzed using SPSS software version 24. Results: Of case control groups, there 46 (46.0%) 59 (59.0%) males, respectively (P = 0.113). mean ± SD of total, case, groups 7.51 1.91, 7.61 0.91, 7.41 2.49 years, 0.585). Furthermore, SCAS group significantly higher (33.06 14.4 vs. 24.8 14.9, P 0.001). separation 0.001), generalized 0.003), obsessive-compulsive (OCD) Conclusions: than (ie, group), among which anxiety, generalised OCD different