Table 4

The newly developed incontinence score

	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Weekly	Daily
Incontinence for solid stool	0	1	2	3	4
Incontinence for liquid stool	0	1	2	3	4
Incontinence for gas	0	1	2	3	4
Alteration in lifestyle	0	1	2	3	4

				No	Yes
Need to wear a pad or plug				0	2
Taking constipating medicines			0	2
Lack of ability to defer defecation for 15 minutes			0	4

Never, no episodes in the past four weeks; rarely, 1 episode in the past four weeks; sometimes, >1 episode in the past four weeks but <1 a week; weekly, 1 or more episodes a week but <1 a day; daily, 1 or more episodes a day.
Add one score from each row: minimum score = 0 = perfect continence; maximum score = 24 = totally incontinent.