Social adjustment and spouse relationships among women with stress incontinence before and after surgical treatment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1537-1544

  Berglund, Anna Lena ^a   Eisemann, Martin ^a   Lalos, Ann ^a   Lalos, Othon ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Employment; Leisure time; Sexuality; Social adjustment; Social network; Spouse relationship; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029998446     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00250-2     Document Type: Article

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