Prospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. Aug 6, 2016; 7(3): 447-452
Published online Aug 6, 2016. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.v7.i3.447
Faecal incontinence and health related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease patients: Findings from a tertiary care center in South Asia
Duminda Subasinghe, Navarathna Mudiyanselage Meththananda Navarathna, Dharmabandhu Nandadeva Samarasekera
Duminda Subasinghe, Navarathna Mudiyanselage Meththananda Navarathna, Dharmabandhu Nandadeva Samarasekera, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Surgical Unit, the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
Author contributions: Subasinghe D, Navarathna NMM and Samarasekera DN were involved in study planning, data collection and analysis, and writing of the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the ethics review committee of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors of this manuscript having no conflicts of Interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: There is no additional data available.
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Correspondence to: Dharmabandhu Nandadeva Samarasekera, MBBS (Colombo), MS, MD (East Anglia), FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Edin), PG Cert MedEd (Dundee), Professor of Surgery and Head, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Surgical Unit, the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Kynsey Road, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka. samarasekera58@yahoo.co.uk
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Received: December 9, 2015
Peer-review started: December 11, 2015
First decision: January 4, 2016
Revised: March 9, 2016
Accepted: April 14, 2016
Article in press: April 18, 2016
Published online: August 6, 2016
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Core tip: This was a prospective study involving 184 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It was designed to analyze the frequency and severity of faecal incontinence (FI) and its effect on the quality of life (QOL) in IBD patients in a tertiary care center. In our study, nearly 25% of patients reported the symptoms of FI. There was a significant correlation between FI and QOL. Therefore, enquiring about FI in IBD patients can lead to identification of this debilitating condition.