title: Prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders in Colombian school children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine prevalence for functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) in Colombian school children using the Questionnaire on Pediatric Gastrointestinal Symptoms-Rome III Version (QPGS-III) and to determine possible risk factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The QPGS-III was translated into Spanish then reverse translated by a team of bilingual physicians. Focus groups of Colombian children were conducted to assure understanding of the Spanish version. Children at 1 public school and 2 private schools in Pasto, Colombia were invited to participate in a prevalence study using the translated questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 373 children (95 private school, 278 public school), with mean age 9.9 years completed the QPGS-III. Twenty-nine percent of children were diagnosed with FGIDs. FGIDs were more common in females (OR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.04-2.56). Functional constipation (14%) was the most common FGID. Irritable bowel syndrome was the most common abdominal pain-related FGID (5.4%). Abdominal migraine (1%) and cyclic vomiting syndrome (0.3%) were the least common FGIDs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FGIDs are common in Colombian school children.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: Saps
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors: Diana X
authors: DX
authors: Nichols-Vinueza
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO.
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Rosen
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
authors: Carlos Alberto
authors: CA
authors: Velasco-Benítez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires