A randomized physiotherapy trial in patients with fecal incontinence: design of the PhysioFIT-study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Fecal incontinence score according to Vaizey et al. [28]

Incontinent	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Weekly	Daily
Solid stool	0	1	2	3	4
Liquid stool	0	1	2	3	4
Gas	0	1	2	3	4
Alteration in lifestyle	0	1	2	3	4
				No	Yes
Need to wear a pad or plug				0	2
Taking constipating medication				0	2
Lack of ability to infer defecation for 15 minutes				0	4

Minimum score = 0 = perfect continence; maximum score = 24 = totally incontinent Never: no episodes in the past 4 weeks; rarely: one episode in the past 4 weeks; sometimes: > 1 episode in the past 4 weeks, but < once a week; weekly: one or more episodes a week but < one a day; daily: one or more episodes a day

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