ブリストル王立診療所(英語版)の大学医学部のスティーブン・ルイスとケン・ヒートンによってイギリスで初めて開発され提案されたものは、1992年に実施された前向きコホート研究(英語版)(男性838人、女性1,059人)では、便の形状や種類に関連した排便障害の予想外の有病率が示されていたため、1997年にスカンジナビア消化器学会誌(Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology)[40]に臨床評価ツールとして提案された[41]。上記の論文で、著者は、便の形が結腸通過時間の有用な代替指標であると結論づけた。この結論は、タイプ1とタイプ2では有効性が限られているということで反論されているが[42]、腸のさまざまな疾患の治療法の有効性を評価するための研究ツールとして、また臨床的なコミュニケーションの補助として、現在も使用されている[7]</ref>[8]。
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