Constipation in specialized palliative care: factors related to XXXX when applying different definitions.

@entity1 @entity1142 @entity5 @entity6713
CONTEXT: For @entity1 in palliative care, @entity1142 is primarily a result of opioid treatment. Impacts from other factors related to @entity1142 in palliative care are rarely studied. OBJECTIVES: The aim was to identify factors related to @entity1142 in @entity1 in palliative care, and then to compare these factors between @entity1 with different types of @entity1142 and @entity1 without @entity1142 . METHODS: Cross-sectional data on @entity1142 was collected with a 26-item questionnaire from 485 @entity1 in 38 specialist palliative care units in Sweden. Three different @entity1142 groups were used; MC ONLY, PC ONLY, and MC _ PC. Logistic regression analyses were used to calculate odds ratios. RESULTS: @entity1 with <3 defecations/week, MC ONLY, (n  =  36) had higher odds of being hospitalized, bed-restricted, in need of personal assistance for toilet visits, and of having a poor fluid intake. @entity1 with the perception of being constipated, PC ONLY, (n  =  93) had higher odds of having poor appetite, @entity6713 , hard stool, more opioid treatment, less laxative treatment and of being more dissatisfied with @entity1142 information. @entity1 with both <3 defecations/week and a perception of being constipated, MC _ PC, (n  =  78) had higher odds of having @entity5 . CONCLUSION: There were several significant factors related to @entity1142 with higher odds than opioid- treatment, for @entity1 in palliative care, such as; hard stool, @entity5 diagnosis, dissatisfaction with information, low fluid intake, @entity6713 , bed restriction, hospitalization, and need of personal assistance for toilet visits.
