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British Journal of Radiology (2006) 79, 94-100
© 2006 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/63269033
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Patients' perception of tests in the assessment of faecal incontinence

M Deutekom, PhD1, M P Terra, MD2, M G W Dijkgraaf, PhD1, A C Dobben, MSc2, J Stoker, MD, PhD2, G E Boeckxstaens, MD, PhD3 and P M M Bossuyt, PhD1

1 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2 Department of Radiology and 3 Department of Gastroenterology from the Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


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  		Figure 1. Burden scores of the three tests in faecal incontinence with respect to pain, embarrassment, discomfort, anxiety and sum burden.*Difference between 3 tests (p<0.05). **Difference between 3 tests (p<0.001). Values indicate mean and 95% confidence interval; n = 211. Post hoc tests showed significantly lower burden scores for MRI compared with the combination of anorectal function tests (pain and sum burden) and defecography (embarrassment, discomfort and sum burden).

 

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  		Figure 2. Inconvenience ranking of three tests in faecal incontinence. Proportion of patients reporting the test to be most inconvenient(black), least inconvenient (white) or in between (light grey).

 

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  		Figure 3. Burden sum scores and inconvenience ranking. Values indicate mean and 95% confidence interval.

 




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