Table 2 The ICIQ-B original questionnaire including 3 factors and 21 items. Scale means and Standard deviation (SD)
Variable ICIQ-B, 3 factors (n = 161) | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
1. BOWEL PATTERN (scale score range 1–21) | |
3 On average how many times do you open your bowels in 24 hours? | 7.7 (3.12) |
4 How often do you open your bowels during the night from going to bed to sleep until you get up in the morning? | |
5 Do you have to rush to the toilet when you need to open your bowels? | |
6 Do you use medications (tablets or liquids) to stop you opening your bowels? | |
7 Do you experience pain/soreness around your back passage? | |
2. BOWEL CONTROL (scale score range 0–28) | |
8 Do you experience any staining of underwear or need to wear pads because of your bowels? | 17.3 (5.2) |
9 Are you able to control watery or loose stool leaking from your back passage? | |
10 Are you able to control accidental loss of formed or solid stool from your back passage? | |
11 Are you able to control wind (flatus) escaping from your back passage? | |
12 Are you able to control mucus (discharge) leaking from your back passage? | |
13 Do you have bowel accidents when you have no need to open your bowels? | |
14 Are your bowel accidents or leakages unpredictable? | |
3. QUALITY OF LIFE (scale score range 0–26) | |
19 Do your bowels cause you to feel embarrassed? | 17.8 (6.5) |
20 Do your bowels cause you to make sure you know where toilets are? | |
21 Do your bowels cause you to make plans according to your bowels? | |
22 Do your bowels cause you to stay home more often than you would like? | |
23 Overall, how much do your bowels interfere with your everyday life? | |
Other bowel symptoms and sexual impact (unscored items): | |
15 Using the pictures please indicate how your bowel movements are most of the time? | N/A |
16 Do you need to strain to open your bowels? | |
17 Is the possibility of having a bowel accident on your mind? | |
18 Do you restrict your sexual activities because of your bowels? | |