Table 2.

Treatments for Fecal Incontinence Identified by Patients and Physicians

Identified by Physicians and Patients	Quotes Bold= Physician  Italic=Patient
Fiber and Kegels/Pelvic Floor Exercise	“By conservative management we mean basically patient education, normalizing stool consistency, and implementing pelvic floor exercises.” “Typical first line of therapy is just dietary/behavioral or doing a really aggressive fiber regimen” “Primarily fiber and Kegel exercises like mad, in all different positions.” “And the number one thing that I can figure out is diet and exercise.”
Food Diary	“Often times piecing out the dietary patterns will help with optimizing stool consistency.” “Very important is keeping a food diary. You know I can see on a daily basis what things will trigger…”
Bowel Regularity and Consistency	“Regularity from a stool consistency standpoint but also regularity from a timing standpoint.” “If you eat at the same time of day, if you sleep properly with the same number of hours, if you diet is pretty much the same and there is consistency and regularity in it. That that will lead to an outcome.”
Imodium, Laxatives, Enemas	“Some women find that things that can harden their stool such as Imodium (Loperamide) can prevent accidents.” “He (the doctor) just tells me to take Miralax, (polyethylene glycol) so I started my own treatment.”