Table 1.

Framework for Physician Interviews

Screening question	Do you routinely care for women with FI? (If a physician answered “no” they were excluded from the interview process.”
Comprehension question	How many patients with fecal incontinence do you see in a month? (If physician did not see any patients with FI they were excluded.)
Confidence Judgment	Are you comfortable caring for women with FI? Please pretend I am a new patient seeing you for fecal incontinence. How would you counsel me if my exam was normal and you did not identify a specific cause for my FI?
Specific Probes	What treatment options do you believe are well supported in the literature for fecal incontinence? What treatment options have you discovered or found through experience to be useful for women with fecal incontinence? How often do you believe a combination of these treatment options improve the quality of life for women with fecal incontinence? When do you recommend Loperamide? When do you recommend stool softners? Do you ever recommend enemas? What fiber do you recommend?
General Probes	What do you think the barriers are to treatment for fecal incontinence? Do you think patients remember the treatment options you recommend to them for fecal incontinence?