Abstract:Although barriers to seeking care in women with fecal incontinence (FI) have been identified consistently in the literature [1][2][3][4], research on this topic is inadequate for methodological reasons. Most importantly, there is currently no validated technique for reproducible measurement of these barriers. Furthermore, barriers to seeking incontinence care, whether urinary or fecal, are influenced by confounding anthropological and societal variables including ethnicity, culture, geopolitical orientation, i… Show more
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