Table 3

The American Medical Systems score⁵

Over the past four weeks, how often:	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Weekly	Daily	Several times daily
Did you experience accidental bowel leakage of gas?	0	1	7	13	19	25
Did you experience minor bowel soiling or seepage?	0	31	37	43	49	55
Did you experience significant accidental bowel leakage of liquid stool?	0	61	73	85	97	109
Did you experience significant accidental bowel leakage of solid stool?	0	67	79	91	103	115
Has this accidental leakage affected your lifestyle?	0	1	2	3	4	5

Several times daily, >1 episode a day; daily, 1 episode a day; weekly, 1 or more episodes a week but <1 a day; sometimes, >1 episode in the past four weeks but <1 a week; rarely, 1 episode in the past four weeks; never, 0 episodes in the past four weeks.