Standard questions for a bowel diary to assess fecal incontinence in adults: A consensus project of the International Continence Society

Donna Z. Bliss; Paula Igualada-Martinez; Sandra Engberg; Julia H. Herbert; Olga V. Gurvich; Carlene Igbedioh; Amy Hunter; Jenniffer Voelkl; Karina Cuiñas León; Alexis M.P. Schizas

doi:10.1016/j.cont.2023.100588

Standard questions for a bowel diary to assess fecal incontinence in adults: A consensus project of the International Continence Society

Donna Z. Bliss, Paula Igualada-Martinez, Sandra Engberg, Julia H. Herbert, Olga V. Gurvich, Carlene Igbedioh, Amy Hunter, Jenniffer Voelkl, Karina Cuiñas León, Alexis M.P. Schizas

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Aims: To develop a minimum set of standard questions to include on a bowel diary for assessing fecal incontinence in adults. Methods: An interdisciplinary team of ICS members searched and reviewed the literature, analyzed 32 bowel diaries from 9 countries, obtained input from 56 delegates from 19 countries at two ICS workshops, and reached consensus using a modified Delphi method. Results: Fourteen questions to include as standard on a bowel diary for reporting characteristics of fecal incontinence prospectively in adults were developed. Conclusion: There are numerous advantages to having standard questions for a bowel diary including potential to improve information about the characteristics and epidemiology of fecal incontinence and enabling comparisons of outcomes of interventions across settings and studies.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	100588
Journal	Continence
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cont.2023.100588
State	Published - Jun 2023

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Fecal incontinence

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Bliss, D. Z., Igualada-Martinez, P., Engberg, S., Herbert, J. H., Gurvich, O. V., Igbedioh, C., Hunter, A., Voelkl, J., León, K. C., & Schizas, A. M. P. (2023). Standard questions for a bowel diary to assess fecal incontinence in adults: A consensus project of the International Continence Society. Continence, 6, Article 100588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cont.2023.100588

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