Table 2.

Bowel Care Management Practices

		%			%
Time of day	Morning	53	Length of time using current program	<6 months	3
	Evening	25		<1 year	8
	Other	23		<5 years	18
Total duration	0–5 min	9		>5 years	71
	6–10 min	11	Assistance required	Total assistance	23
	11–20 min	20		Partial assistance	16
	21–30 min	17		Use assistive devices	30
	31–60 min	18		Completely independent	31
	61–90 min	17	Flexibility	Not flexible at all	11
	>90 min	7		Not very flexible	46
Frequency	<1 per week	1		Quite flexible	29
	1 per week	3		Very flexible	13
	2 per week	7	Position	Bed	16
	>2 per week	38		Commode	47
	Daily	38		Toilet seat	18
	Twice-daily	8		Other	19
	3 or more per day	5	Fecal incontinence	At least once daily	5
Intervention used (multiple responses possible)	Digital stimulation	59		Once per week	11
	Manual evacuation	45		Once per month	17
	Suppositories	36		<1 per month	45
	Abdominal massage	31		Never	18
	Straining/bearing down	29	Use of pad or plug	Every day	18
	After drink/food	29		At least once per week	4
	Laxatives	27		At least once per month	3
	Stool softeners	23		<1 per month	8
	Other	22		Never	68
	Touching skin near anus	10
	Enema	7

Data are expressed as the percentage of responses for each question. Most common responses are highlighted in bold.