若年成人女子の排便状況

抄録

Twenty-one female college students were selected for the present study that investigated the conditions of the stools over a period of two weeks based on the amount, the defecating frequency, characteristics of the stools, and the time of the day when passing the stools.
1. The feces weighed between 154.0g/day to 20.6g/day, with a mean of 84.1g/day.
The weight of the stools showed a nomal distribution.
2. Fecal output occurred everyday or every other day in 66.7% of the students, every three days in 23.8% who tend to be constipated, and more than four days in 9.5% who are constipated.
3. Type of stools and gastroinestinal symptom: The more easily the subjects tend to be constipated, the harder their stools, the stronger feeling of incomplete defecation and they have a reduted emptying sensation.
4. Time of the day when passing stools: most of the subjects pass stools between the time when they get up and 10:00a.m. The fecal output is lass frequent while they are at work or at night.