Risk factors for fecal incontinence in a nursing home population

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 156-160

  Johanson, John F ^a   Irizarry, Fernando ^a   Doughty, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Etiology; Fecal incontinence; Geriatrics; Nursing home residents; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030958634     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199704000-00007     Document Type: Article

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