A total of 16.4% of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experience fecal incontinence, according to a study published in Digestive and Liver Disease.
For the analysis, researchers enrolled 319 patients with IBD from Nancy University Hospital in France. Study participants were screened for fecal incontinence using a nonvalidated questionnaire, which included the Wexner score and Vaizey score for measuring severity of fecal incontinence and its effect on QOL.