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Table 5 Distribution of continence scores among patients with FI

From: Feasibility, acceptability, and adherence of two educational programs for care staff concerning nursing home patients’ fecal incontinence: a pilot study preceding a cluster-randomized controlled trial

 

Baseline

Follow-up

 

Prevalencea, % (n)

Meana

SD

Prevalencea, % (n)

Meana

SD

Mean change

SI

60 (12)

3.83

0.84

(53) 10

3.80

1.32

−0.03

MI

50 (9)

3.00

1.23

(57) 8

2.63

0.92

−0.37

Control

58 (14)

3.77

1.37

(67) 16

4.38

1.15

+0.57

  1. SI nursing home receiving single intervention, MI nursing home receiving multifaceted intervention
  2. ainterRAI, H3 bowel continence (scores 2–5) 2 = seldom (have episodes, but not the last 3 days), 3 = occasionally (more seldom than daily), 4 = often (daily, have a curtain control), 5 = incontinent (no control). Patients with the scores 0 = continent, and 1 = continent with a stoma, are excluded