Table 2.

Prevalence of functional bowel disorders and faecal incontinence.

	Number	Per cent (95% CI)
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)	44	11.1 (8.2–14.6)
IBS‐C	11	2.8 (1.4–4.9)
IBS‐D	12	3.0 (1.6–5.2)
IBS‐M	18	4.5 (2.7–7.1)
IBS‐U	3	0.8 (0.2–2.2)
Functional constipation	32	8.1 (5.6–11.2)
Functional bloating	24	6.1 (3.9–8.9)
Functional diarrhoea	6	1.5 (0.6–3.3)
Faecal incontinence (FI)
FI (i.e. solid + liquid stool)	48	12.1 (9.1–15.8)
Mild (Vaizey 1–8)	23	47.9
Moderate (Vaizey 9–16)	22	45.8
Severe (Vaizey 17–24)	3	6.3
Solid stool incontinence	19	4.8 (2.9–7.4)
Liquid stool incontinence	29	7.3 (5.0–10.4)
Flatus incontinence only	98	28.6 (23.5–33.2)