Table 4.
The relationship between fluid intake restriction (to manage urinary symptoms) and bowel symptoms
| Behavior of Restricting Fluid Intake | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | Occasionally | Sometimes | Most of the time |
All of the time |
P value† |
|
| Strain too hard to have a bowel movement, n (%)* | 70 (60) | 12 (10) | 24 (21) | 5 (4) | 6 (5) | 0.18 |
| Incomplete emptying at the end of a bowel movement, n (%) | 75 (56) | 17 (13) | 29 (22) | 6 (5) | 6 (5) | 0.77 |
| Pain when passing stool, n (%) | 30 (57) | 7 (13) | 9 (17) | 2 (4) | 5 (9) | 0.25 |
| Fecal incontinence (well formed stool), n (%) | 21 (58) | 3 (8) | 9 (25) | 1 (3) | 2 (6) | 0.72 |
| Fecal incontinence (liquid stool), n (%) | 33 (49) | 7 (10) | 20 (29) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 0.36 |
| Flatal incontinence, n (%) | 71 (54) | 16 (12) | 30 (23) | 6 (5) | 8 (6) | 0.48 |
| Fecal urgency, n (%) | 52 (54) | 14 (14) | 22 (23) | 5 (5) | 4 (4) | 0.99 |
| Passage of bowel through rectum with bowel movements, n (%) | 20 (59) | 4 (12) | 8 (24) | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | 0.57 |
*
n(%) yes = “somewhat”, “moderately”, “quite a bit”
†
χ2