Executive Summary

Abstract

This article is an executive summary of A Quick Reference Guide for Managing Fecal Incontinence (FI), which was published September 2013 by the WOCN Society's Continence Committee. The quick reference guide provides an overview of fecal incontinence and how it is commonly managed. The information has been compiled so that nurses can quickly access a wide array of information in a single resource to facilitate patient care and patient/staff education. The topics include a definition of FI, epidemiologic data, psychosocial impact, costs, a brief description of bowel physiology, causes of FI, skin complications, assessment, management, patient education, and recommendations for future research. The complete quick reference guide also includes 5 appendices. The appendices provide additional information about predisposing factors for FI, assessment tools, medications and foods that affect gastric or colonic motility, and examples of FI management systems/collectors. The complete quick reference guide is available in the Members-Only library at the WOCN Society's Web site (http://www.wocn.org), and it can also be purchased from the online bookstore at the Society's Web site. This article provides a synopsis of the key features contained in the complete quick reference guide.

Quality and clinical applicability of recommendations for incontinence‐associated dermatitis: A systematic review of guidelines and consensus statements

“…The NICE guidelines achieved 88.54%, which was the highest, while the WOCN Society consensus statement of this domain obtained 57.29% (Gray et al, 2018). The standardisation percentages of three consensus statements (Beeckman, 2015; Dissemond et al, 2021; Fletcher et al, 2020) and one guideline (Willson et al, 2013) were <30%.…”

“…Three consensus statements were about IAD (Beeckman, 2015; Doughty et al, 2012; Experts Consensus on the Nursing Practice for Incontinence related Dermatitis in Adults Group, 2020; Gray et al, 2012). Two guidelines (Maeda et al, 2021; Maeda, Mimura, et al, 2021; Maeda, Yamana, et al, 2021; Willson et al, 2013) and one consensus statement (Gao & Wu, 2019) were about faecal incontinence (FI). One guideline (NICE, 2014, 2018a, 2018b, 2019) was about FI and UI.…”

“…After screening titles, abstracts and full texts, we included 10 guidelines and consensus statements (Figure 1). Seven were consensus statements (Beeckman, 2015; Dissemond et al, 2021; Doughty et al, 2012; Experts Consensus on the Nursing Practice for Incontinence related Dermatitis in Adults Group, 2020; Fletcher et al, 2020; Gao & Wu, 2019; Gray et al, 2012, 2018), and three were guidelines (Maeda, Katsuno, et al, 2021; Maeda, Mimura, et al, 2021; Maeda, Yamana, et al, 2021; NICE, 2014, 2018a, 2018b, 2019; Willson et al, 2013). Two consensus statements were about MASD developed by Wounds International in 2020 and Wund‐D.A.CH as the umbrella organisation of German‐speaking wound treatment societies in 2021 (Dissemond et al, 2021; Fletcher et al, 2020).…”