TY - JOUR T1 - Needing help to use a toilet was associated with faecal incontinence at 3 months in new onset faecal incontinence after stroke JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 119 LP - 119 DO - 10.1136/ebn.6.4.119 VL - 6 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 2003/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/6/4/119.abstract N2 - Harari D, Coshall C, Rudd, AG, et al.New-onset fecal incontinence after stroke: prevalence, natural history, risk factors, and impact.Stroke2003;34:144–50OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text QUESTION: In patients with new onset faecal incontinence after stroke, which prognostic factors are associated with bowel continence status at 3 months of follow up?Inception cohort followed up for 3 years.South London, UK.1468 patients without pre-existing faecal incontinence, who survived a first in a lifetime stroke were recruited from the community based South London Stroke Register. 846 patients (53% men) were included in the primary analysis at 3 months (412 patients had died, and data for 210 patients were not available).Data were collected in the acute stroke phase (within the first 10 d) by research registrars, and at 3 months, 1 year, and then annually by face to face interviews with a trained field worker. When reliable answers could not be obtained directly from … ER -