Assessment |
Points |
Stool frequency | |
Patient reporting a normal number of daily stools |
0 |
1-2 more stools than normal |
1 |
3-4 more stools than normal |
2 |
≥5 more stools than normal |
3 |
Rectal bleeding | |
None |
0 |
Blood streaks seen with stool less than half of the time |
1 |
Blood with most stools |
2 |
Pure blood passed |
3 |
Endoscopic findings | |
Normal or inactive colitis |
0 |
Mild friability, erythema, decreased vascularity |
1 |
Friability, marked erythema, absent vascular pattern, erosions |
2 |
Ulcerations and spontaneous bleeding |
3 |
Physician global assessment | |
Normal |
0 |
Mild colitis |
1 |
Moderate colitis |
2 |
Severe colitis |
3 |
Higher scores are correlated with more severe ulcerative colitis. | |
Source: N Engl J Med. 1987;317(26):1625-9. |