Wexner Fecal Incontinence Score (Cleveland Clinic)
Wexner (Cleveland Clinic) fecal incontinence score (Jorge & Wexner 1993).
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Incontinence to solid stool
- 0
- Incontinence to liquid stool
- 2
- Incontinence to gas
- 3
- Wears a pad
- 1
- Lifestyle alteration
- 1
Result: Wexner (Cleveland Clinic) fecal incontinence score 7 of 20.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Frequency (0-4)
- 0 never; 1 rarely (< 1/month); 2 sometimes (>= 1/month, < 1/week); 3 usually (>= 1/week, < 1/day); 4 always (>= 1/day).
- Total (0-20)
- 0 perfect continence, 20 complete incontinence. Higher is more severe; >= 9 is a commonly cited (not fixed) threshold for clinically significant incontinence.
What you enter
- Incontinence to solid stool (0-4)
- Incontinence to liquid stool (0-4)
- Incontinence to gas (0-4)
- Wears a pad (0-4)
- Lifestyle alteration (0-4)
How this is calculated
- Items
- Five items: incontinence to solid stool, liquid stool, gas; wears a pad; lifestyle alteration.
Jorge JMN, Wexner SD. Etiology and management of fecal incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum. 1993;36(1):77-97. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.