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Needing help to use a toilet was associated with faecal incontinence at 3 months in new onset faecal incontinence after stroke

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.6.4.119

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    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?

    Design

    Inception cohort followed up for 3 years.

    Setting

    South London, UK.

    Patients

    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).

    Assessment of prognostic factors

    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 …

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    • Sources of funding: Action Research, Northern and Yorkshire Research and Development Cardiovascular Diseases Programme, Charitable Foundation of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, and Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation.

    • For correspondence: Dr D Harari, Department of Healthcare of the Elderly, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals Trust, London, UK. danielle.harari{at}kcl.ac.uk