title: A nursing assessment tool for adults with fecal incontinence.
abstract: Fecal incontinence affects slightly more than 1% of community-dwelling adults. This article describes an assessment format, with a research basis when available, that has been developed in a specialist nursing clinic in the United Kingdom. The focus is on how to obtain the most useful information from the patient to plan appropriate nursing interventions. A subsequent article will describe the biofeedback program developed as part of a package of care to meet individual needs of persons with fecal incontinence.
authors.affiliation: Physiology Unit, St Mark's Hospital, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Norton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chelvanayagam
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D003672:Defecation; D004282:Documentation; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D009737:Nursing Records; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom