Patient preferences for endpoints in fecal incontinence treatment studies.

S HeymenO PalssonM SimrenWilliam E Whitehead

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2017)

Inclusion criteria for trials should specify a minimum frequency of FI. Most patients would require a ≥75% reduction in FI frequency to call a treatment successful but young adults and those with more severe FI would accept a ≥50% reduction as meaningful.

Keyphrases

young adults
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
early onset
childhood cancer