Biofeedback Training Fecal Incontinence in Children

Fecal incontinence (FI) is the inability to control bowel movements, causing stool to leak from rectum it ranges from an occasional leakage of stool while passing gas to a complete loss of bowel control after the age of 4 years1. Functional non-retentive fecal incontinence (FNRFI) is fecal incontinence in a child with a mental age of more than 4 years with no evidence of metabolic, inflammatory, or anatomical cause2. The long-term result of biofeedback therapy is one of the most important subjects of controversy, and few studies have extended to 2 years of follow-up 11. So, the purpose of this study was to evaluate quantitatively the short-term and long-term efficacy of biofeedback training as a treatment tool designed to control functional non-retentive fecal incontinence in children and its long term impact on the quality of life.