Wexner Constipation Score (Cleveland Clinic / Agachan)

Wexner (Cleveland Clinic) Constipation Score grades chronic constipation symptom severity across 8 self-reported items to quantify burden and track response to treatment. This is the CONSTIPATION score (0-30); it is not the Cleveland Clinic / Jorge-Wexner fecal INCONTINENCE score (0-20).

Frequency of bowel movements

Difficulty: painful evacuation effort

Completeness: feeling of incomplete evacuation

Abdominal pain

Time spent per attempt

Type of assistance

Unsuccessful attempts for evacuation per 24 hours

Duration of constipation