It is measured using five categories: continent, usually continent (incontinent episodes less than weekly), occasionally incontinent (incontinent episodes once a week), frequently incontinent (incontinent 2 to 3 times a week), and total dependence (incontinent all or almost all of the time) in the last 14 days. Residents were considered to have incontinence if they were at least "usually incontinent" of the bladder or bowel.