Underrecognition of Fecal Incontinence in Systemic Sclerosis: Discrepancies Between the Rome IV Diagnostic Questionnaires and the UCLA Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Gastrointestinal 2.0 Questionnaire

S. Shan, MD, Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
K. Seaton, MBBS, Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
C. Basnayake, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
L. Ross, PhD, Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

CONTRIBUTIONS: LR: conceptualization, formal analysis, funding acquisition, methodology, project administration, resources, supervision, writing – review & editing; SS: data curation, formal analysis, investigation, software, writing – original draft; KS: data curation, writing – review & editing; CB: conceptualization, project administration, writing – review & editing.
FUNDING: LR is supported by a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Paul Desmond Senior Research Fellowship at the University of Melbourne, the Royal Australian College of Physicians Australian Rheumatology Association D.E.V. Starr Research Establishment Fellowship, and an Arthritis Australia Project Grant.
COMPETING INTERESTS: The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
ETHICS AND PATIENT CONSENT: The Human Research Ethics Committee at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (LRR188/24) granted ethical approval. All patients consented to the use of clinical information for research purposes.
DATA AVAILABILITY: Data may be shared on a case-by-case basis.

Address correspondence to Dr. L. Ross, Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia. Email: laura.ross{at}unimelb.edu.au.