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Research on colorectal disease published by scientists at Tampere University

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 5th, 2010

According to a study from Tampere, Finland, "The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of and factors associated with faecal incontinence in a Finnish population. A population-based age-stratified random sample of 8000 people aged 30-81 years from a large city was obtained from the national population registry."

"A postal questionnaire was sent to all subjects. Questions regarding faecal incontinence were adopted from a previously developed validated questionnaire. Response rate was 39.8%. Overall, the prevalence of faecal incontinence occurring in any frequency within the last year was 10.6% (CI: 9.5-11.6%). Women suffered significantly more often than men...

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