Table 4.

Cleveland clinic constipation score (CCCS).

Item	Score
	0	1	2	3	4
Frequency of bowel movements	1–2 times/1–2 days	2X/week	1X/week	< 1X/week	< 1X/month
Painful evacuation effort	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Usually	Always
Incomplete evacuation	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Usually	Always
Abdominal pain	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Usually	Always
Time for evacuation attempt/ min	< 5	5–10	10–20	20–30	> 30
Unsuccessful evacuation attempts per day	Never	1–3	3–6	6–9	> 9
Duration of constipation/years	0	1–5	5–10	10–20	> 20

The content of the table is adapted from: Agachan et al.²⁹.