The MENTOR Tool consists of the MENTOR questionnaire and the MENTOR wheel or matrix.

To download a PDF of the MENTOR questionnaire in your local language and the matrix in English please go to the bottom of the page. If you want to receive the MENTOR wheel please reach out to your local Coloplast representative.
 

View the components of the MENTOR Tool below.

Fill out the questionnaire by talking to your patients using the 12 questions and marking down the answers
Plot results of sections 1, 2, and 3 of the questionnaire against the matching steps in the Wheel. As an outcome, you will receive a color code - a MENTOR recommendation.
Use the 3-color code to guide your assessment of a specific patient on whether a review of current treatment may be needed or not.

How the MENTOR Tool was developed

Neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) is defined by symptoms of constipation and faecal incontinence that affect up to 80% of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).1

The NBD score is a tool validated in SCI to evaluate bowel function and correlates with the quality of life but is not designed for clinical decision-making.2

A clinical decision support tool, MENTOR (Monitoring Efficacy of Neurogenic bowel (Treatment On Response), was developed and validated by a team of international academic and clinical experts.1

The tool is based on a questionnaire with three dimensions: objective bowel score measures (the NBD Score), patients’ subjective perception of their bowel function, and special attention symptoms. This allows for a holistic assessment of SCI patients.

The results of the international validation study with a total of 241 participants, showed an overall concordance rate of 79 % between the expert clinicians and the MENTOR tool. Furthermore, the median completion time for the tool was 5 minutes with 97 % of the participants rating it “easy to complete”.1

Read the original creation and validation publication here.