1. Episode of faecal incontinence per week (from Fraser 2004).

Study id	Measure	Participants	Baseline	Follow‐up	p‐value	Change (%)	Notes
Ganio 2002	Mean (range)	31	7.5 (1 to 11)	0.15 (0 to 2)	Not reported	−7.35 (−98%)
Jarrett 2004	Median (range)	46	7.5 (1 to 78)	1.00 (0 to 39)	< 0.0001	−6.50 (−87%)
Leroi 2001	Mean (SD)	4	3.0 (2.7)	0.50 (0.6)	Not reported	−2.50 (−83%)
Matzel 2003	Median	16	40%	0%	< 0.001		Matzel and colleagues reported the percentage of bowel movements that were faecally incontinent
Rosen 2001	Median (range)	16	2.0 (1 to 5)	0.67 (0 to 1.67)	Not reported	−1.33 (−67%)
Uludag 2002	Mean	34	8.66	0.67	< 0.01	−7.99 (−92%)
MDT‐301	Mean (SD)	37;33	16.4 (19.3)	2.7 (4.8)	< 0.001	−13.70 (−84%)	The number of participants was 37 at baseline and 33 at follow‐up