Standard compared with mnemonic counseling for fecal incontinence: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate whether women who underwent mnemonic counseling had better recall of fecal incontinence therapies at 2 months and if mnemonic counseling resulted in greater satisfaction with physician counseling and improvement in quality of life when compared with a group who underwent standard counseling.

Methods

Counseling-naive women with fecal incontinence were recruited from an academic urogynecology clinic. Women underwent physical examinations, completed the Quality of the Physician-Patient Interaction, recorded fecal incontinence treatment options they recalled, and completed the Fecal Incontinence Severity Index and Manchester Health Questionnaire immediately after counseling and again at 2 months.

Results

Ninety women consented to participate, were ra

SUBMITTER: Cichowski SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4418023 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature