ArticleThe American journal of gastroenterology2008
Relation of bowel habits to fecal incontinence in women.
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- Global Prevalence of Fecal Incontinence in Community-Dwelling Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2024Pooled it
- Validating endpoints for therapeutic trials in fecal incontinence.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2016Trial
- Effects of clonidine in women with fecal incontinence.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2014Trial
- Symptoms of Constipation: Relationship Between Questionnaires and Diaries and Impact on Quality of Life.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2026Article
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Evidence-Based Practical Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Development and Validation of a Bowel Diary for Fecal Incontinence: Comparison With a Questionnaire.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Article
- Faecal incontinence in adults.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- Fecal Urgency: Clinical and Manometric Characteristics in Patients With and Without Diarrhea.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2020Article
- Constipation and Fecal Incontinence in the Elderly.Current gastroenterology reports · 2020Review
- Epidemiologic Trends and Diagnostic Evaluation of Fecal Incontinence.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020Article
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- Management of Diarrhea in Patients With Carcinoid Syndrome.Pancreas · 2019Article
- A Low FODMAP Diet May Reduce Symptoms in Patients With Fecal Incontinence.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2019Article
- Clinical and physiological risk factors for fecal incontinence in chronically constipated women.Techniques in coloproctology · 2019Article
- Fecal urgency is common in constipated patients and is associated with anxiety.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2019Article
- Fecal incontinence in irritable bowel syndrome: Prevalence and associated factors in Swedish and American patients.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2017Article
- A simple bowel habit score for colorectal patients.International journal of colorectal disease · 2017Article
- Endpoints for therapeutic interventions in faecal incontinence: small step or game changer.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2016Review
- Functional Anorectal Disorders.Gastroenterology · 2016Article
- Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and classification of fecal incontinence: state of the science summary for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) workshop.The American journal of gastroenterology · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundThough most women with fecal incontinence (FI) have anorectal dysfunctions, a majority have intermittent symptoms. Variations in bowel habits and daily routine may partly explain this.
aimTo compare bowel habits and daily routine between controls and FI, and between continent and incontinent stools among women with FI.
methodUsing a mailed questionnaire, we identified 507 women with FI among 5,300 women in Olmsted County, MN. Bowel habits were compared among 127 randomly selected controls and 154 women with self-reported FI, who did ("active" FI, N = 106) or did not ("inactive" FI, N = 48) have an incontinent episode during a 2-wk bowel diary period.
resultsIndependent risk factors for FI were: rectal urgency (odds ratio [OR] for inactive FI vs controls 5.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.3-13.3; and OR for active FI vs inactive FI 2.0, 95% CI 0.9-4.3) and a sense of incomplete evacuation (OR for inactive FI vs controls 3.5, 95% CI 1.4-8.8; and OR for active FI vs inactive FI 2.2, 95% CI 1.1-4.9). Similar results were found for stool frequency and form. Among incontinent women, incontinent stools (versus continent stools) were less formed, more likely to occur at work, and to be preceded by rectal urgency.
conclusionsBowel patterns, rectal urgency, and daily routine influence the occurrence of FI. Stool characteristics explained 46% of the likelihood for incontinence episodes, emphasizing that anorectal sensorimotor dysfunctions must also contribute to FI in women.
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