A Clinical Trial of a Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Urinary Incontinence in Nursing Homes: Outcome and Implications

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 261, Issue 18, 1989, Pages 2656-2662

  Hu, Teh Wei ^a   Igou, Jessie F ^b   Kaltreider, D Lynne ^c   Yu, Lucy C ^c   Rohner, Thomas J ^d   Dennis, Patrick J ^d   Craighead, W Edward ^e   Hadley, Evan C ^c   Ory, Marcia G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Visiting Nurse Association of Central Pennsylvania   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; NURSING HOMES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0024522752     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03420180080035     Document Type: Article

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