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Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (SCCAI)

Bowel frequency (day)
Bowel frequency (night)
Urgency of defaecation
Blood in stool
General well being
Extracolonic features
Extracolonic features would include but are not limited to musculoskeletal (e.g. arthritis), ocular (e.g. uveitis, episcleritis etc), dermatological (e.g. pyoderma gangrenosum, erythema nodosum etc), oral (aphthous stomatitis).

Source: Walmsley RS, Ayres RCS, Pounder RE, et al. A simple clinical colitis activity index, Gut 1998;43:29-32 with permission from BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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