Does incontinence severity correlate with quality of life? Prospective analysis of 502 consecutive patients

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-279

  Bordeianou, Liliana ^a,b   Rockwood, T ^a   Baxter, N ^c   Lowry, A ^a   Mellgren, A ^a   Parker, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faecal incontinence; FIQL; FISI; Quality of life; Severity of incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECAL INCONTINENCE QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; FECAL INCONTINENCE SEVERITY INDEX; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; LIQUID FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCUS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT T TEST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 39649115435     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01288.x     Document Type: Article

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