Incidence of constipation and associated factors in the period of lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Introduction The lifestyle and habit changes that have emerged as a result of quarantine measures may have had a negative impact on defecation habits. However, there is a lack of data on combined estimates of its occurrence and prevalence.Methods and analysis We will conduct a systematic search for...

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Main Authors: Sha Yang, Juan Juan Zhang, Ran Sun, Sha Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-09-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/9/e069614.full