Defecography의 유형별 통계학적 고찰

A Statistical Study on Defecography

This study intends to compare and analyze statistical data on the sex, age and diseases of patients underwent defecography in order to extract points of similarity and difference between them. The study singles out 100 patients consisting of 25 males and 75 females among those who was underwent defecography during the 14 months from October 15, 2003 to December 31, 2004 in the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul. Then, the data of the patients are analyzed by sex, age, diseases and others. The subjects group was 25% of male and 75% of female. The female patients show a higher rate at the rate of the diseases by sex as shown by the data of 22.7% of male and 77.3% of female. Diseases diagnosed through defecography include spastic pelvic floor syndrome (SPFS), perineal descent syndrome (PDS), intussusception, rectocele, bulging, incontinence, prolapse and others in the order of the number of cases, but there seems to be a slight difference in the number of cases between male and female. The rate of the diseases by age is 26.8% for the 50 s, 26.3% for the 40 s, and 21.1% for the 60 s, and one thing noteworthy is that intussusception is found mostly in those in their 60 s. Among the diseases, the rate of patients developing 2 diseases or more is 55%, which consists of 20% of male and 80% of female. As clarified in the study, most diseases were found in female in their 40 s, 50 s and 60 s, which is attributable to anatomical causes, pregnancy, constipation caused by female sex hormones, aging and side effects of medication. Therefore, the study suggests that people in these ages should pay a special attention to changes in eating, defecation and lifestyle and check out exact causes for diseases to take appropriate preventive measures and treatments.