Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
Defecation past four week average duration range NINDS Health assessment
e.g., Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Instrumental ADL, cognitive function, etc.
NIH CDEs
  • NINDS
    • Disease
      • Spinal Cord Injury
        • Classification
          • Supplemental
        • Domain
          • The International SCI Data Sets
            • The International SCI Data Sets
    • Domain
      • The International SCI Data Sets
        • The International SCI Data Sets
    • Population
      • Adult
      • Pediatric

# Datatype
Value List

# Permissible value Value meaning name Value meaning definition
0-30 minutes 0-30 minutes 0-30 minutes
0–5 minutes 0–5 minutes 0–5 minutes
11–20 minutes 11–20 minutes 11–20 minutes
21–30 minutes 21–30 minutes 21–30 minutes
31-60 minutes 31-60 minutes 31-60 minutes
6–10 minutes 6–10 minutes 6–10 minutes
More than 60 minutes More than 60 minutes More than 60 minutes
Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Unknown Unknown Unknown

# Definition
Range for the average time required for each defecation within the last four weeks. The time given is from first transferring to the toilet or commode until end of defecation and transfer to wheel chair or moving from the toilet. If bladder emptying, body washing, shaving etc is also performed while sitting at the toilet time for this is subtracted. For individuals performing bowel management while lying in the bed time required is from beginning to end of bowel management not including time for bladder management, body washing etc.

# Designation
Defecation past four week average duration range

# Identifier Origin Version
TgQPeCXHwQY NLM CDEs 12-02-2025-download
DefctnPstFourWkAvgDurRang BRICS Variable Name N/A
C06190 NINDS 3