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The study was conducted in the internal medicine and surgical clinics (general surgery, otolaryngology, eye) of K\u0131rklareli Education and Research Hospital, Kirklareli, Turkey, between July 2020 and July 2021.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale (FIQLS) was used to assess fecal incontinence-specific quality of life, and the Fecal Incontinence Severity Index (FISI) was used to measure fecal incontinence severity. Multivariable regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of FIQLS, adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The average FIQLS score was 72.2 (SD\u00a0=\u00a018.3), while the mean FISI score was 40.56 (SD\u00a0=\u00a09.8). A moderate correlation was observed between FIQLS and FISI (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">r<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0\u22120.402, 95% CI \u22120.55 to \u22120.22,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .00), indicating that higher incontinence severity is associated with lower quality of life. In multivariable regression analysis, FISI was retained as the primary predictor, alongside urinary incontinence, marital status, coronary artery disease, and education level. The model accounted for 53.46 % of the variance in FIQLS (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.5346), with an adjusted\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      of 0.4946 for FISI.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The severity of fecal incontinence is inversely associated with quality of life among older adults. Urinary incontinence is an additional independent predictor of lower FIQLS. 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