A snap shot of faecal incontinence patients

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  An European snap shot of psychosocial characteristics and patients’ perspectives of faecal incontinence – do they correlate with current scoring systems?

• IRAS ID

  205935

• Contact name

  Carolynne J Vaizey

• Contact email

  cvaizey@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  London North West Healthcare NHS Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  This study will assess psychosocial profile and general wellbeing of patients with faecal incontinence using questionnaires. Their perspectives of symptoms and influence of incontinence symptoms on their quality of life will be probed. These data will be compared with information we obtain from the existing faecal incontinence scores, so that we can evaluate if the existing scoring systems reflect what matters to the patients.

• REC name

  London - Fulham Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/LO/0881

• Date of REC Opinion

  23 May 2016

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion