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INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: The prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) in Argentinean children and adolescents has not yet been studied. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of FGIDs among children and adolescents in Argentina using the Rome III diagnostic criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 483 children, 12-18 years of age, from 3 private schools and 3 public schools, were included in the study. Each child completed the Spanish version of the Questionnaire on Pediatric Gastrointestinal Symptoms-Rome III), which is an age-appropriate and previously validated instrument for diagnosing FGIDs according to the Rome III criteria. Sociodemographic data (age, sex, type of school, family structure and size, family history of gastrointestinal disorders) and data on stressful life events were also obtained. RESULTS: The mean age of the population studied was 15 years (standard deviation 1.74, range 12-18, 52.8% boys). Of the respondents, 229 children (47.4%) attended private school and 254 children (52.6%) attended public school. In total, 82 children (17.0%) were diagnosed with an FGID, according to the Rome III criteria. Abdominal migraine (16.4%) was the most common diagnosis, followed by irritable bowel syndrome (7.0%), functional constipation (6.4%), and aerophagia (5.6%). Girls suffered significantly more from FGIDs than boys (22.4 vs. 12.2%, P=.0032). Children attending private school had significantly more FGIDs than children in public schools (20.5 vs. 13.8%, P=.0499). CONCLUSION: FGIDs are common among Argentinean children and adolescents.
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Gastrointestinal Diseases/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Argentina/epidemiology , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Prevalence , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
En esta investigacion se realizo un estuclio de tipo descriptivo comparativo, en cuatro sujetos; tres de los cuales presentaban perdida auditiva y uno con audicion normal, con el fin de determinar si el audifono Whisper XL (promocionado por telemercadeo) mejora la capacidad auditiva, el proceso comunicativo, o por el contrario puede causar daño. Además, contrastar con las caracteristicas de una protesis auditiva tecnicamente adaptada. Para esto se realizaron pruebas electroacusticas, pruebas audiologicas especificas y evaluacion del lenguaje. Se tuvieron antecedentes a nivel nacional e internacional, que dan fundamento a la investigacion. Al finalizar este estudio se concluyo que: I. El audifono WXL (WXL) amplifica mejor los sonidos ambientales que los del lenguaje. 2. El audifono WXL reporta un ruido por funcionamiento más alto que la ganancia que da; esto altera el proceso auditivo-comunicativo de los sujetos. 3. Si el WXL favorece "en algo " la interaccion comunicativa, no quiere decir que sea mediador para solucionar problemas auditivos, puesto que no cumple con los requisitos estructurales y funcionales de seleccion y adaptacion de una protesis auditiva