Faecal incontinence intervention study (FINS): self-management booklet information with or without nurse support to improve continence in people with inflammatory bowel disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inflammatory bowel disease, comprising Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a life-long currently incurable illness. It causes bouts of acute intestinal inflammation, in an unpredictable relapsing-remitting course, with bloody diarrhoea and extreme urgency to access a toilet. Faecal incontinence is a devastating social and hygiene problem, impacting heavily on quality of life and ability to work and socialise. Faecal incontinence affects 2-10 % of adults in the general population. People with inflammatory bowel disease have a high risk of incontinence with up to 74 % affected. No previous study has explored conservative interventions for these patients.

Methods

This randomised controlled trial will recruit 186 participants to answer the research question: do

SUBMITTER: Norton C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4594995 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature