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Basic behavioural advice (i.e., toilet routine, bowel training) can be considered |
Good Practice Statement, ungraded
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Dietary adjustments (i.e., optimal fibre and fluid intake) can be considered |
Very low level of evidence
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Lifestyle adjustments, especially weight loss in overweight patients and smoking cessation in active smokers, could be used |
Low level of evidence
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Medication (i.e., stool bulking agents as psyllium, laxatives as macrogol, anti‐diarrheal medication such as loperamide, and/or bile acid binders such as cholestyramine) could be used |
Low level of evidence
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Psychosocial interventions (i.e., cognitive behavioural training or psychotherapy) can be considered once other pathology has been ruled out |
Good Practice Statement, ungraded
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