The revised faecal incontinence scale: A clinical validation of a new, short measure for assessment and outcomes evaluation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 652-659

  Sansoni, Janet ^a   Hawthorne, Graeme ^b   Fleming, Glenn ^a   Marosszeky, Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Mental Health Drugs and Regions Division   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence assessment; Outcomes evaluation; Revised Faecal Incontinence Scale; St Mark's Incontinence Score; Wexner Continence Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVISED FECAL INCONTINENCE SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878256059     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e318279c2ac     Document Type: Article

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