Adaptive Behaviors Among Women With Bowel Incontinence: The ABBI Trial

Completed

Conditions studied: Fecal Incontinence

In brief

This study focuses on the validation of the Adaptation Index instrument as a measurement of adaptive behaviors used to reduce symptoms of FI and to describe the use of adaptive behaviors among women with FI.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00729144

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

133

Starts

2008-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-01-11

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Primary complaint of FI with liquid, solid stool, or mucous incontinence, occurring at least monthly for 3 consecutive months. These women are planning to have treatment for FI.
• Women with prior treatment, including surgery for their FI, UI, and/or POP may be included if they now have a primary complaint of FI as defined above and are planning to have additional or new treatment for FI.

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of interstitial cystitis, , bladder or colo-rectal malignancy or inflammatory bowel disease
• Refusal or inability to provide written consent
• Inability to complete telephone interviews conducted in English or Spanish
• Prior pelvic irradiation
• Incontinence only to flatus
• Prior removal of any portion of the colon or rectum
• Current or history of rectovaginal fistula(e)
• Rectal prolapse
• Neurologic disorders known to affect continence, including Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Cord Injury, Debilitating Stroke, and Parkinson's Disease

Where it is running

• The University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• University of California, San Diego Medical Center — La Jolla, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente — San Diego, California, United States
• Loyola University Medical Center — Maywood, Illinois, United States
• Duke University — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• University of Texas Southwestern — Dallas, Texas, United States
• University of Utah — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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