Why older community-dwelling adults do not discuss urinary incontinence with their primary care physicians

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 462-465

  Dugan, Elizabeth ^a   Roberts, Christine P ^a   Cohen, Stuart J ^b   Preisser, John S ^c   Davis, Cralen C ^a   Bland, Deirdre R ^a   Albertson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leakage; Older adults; Primary care physicians; Urinary incontinence; Urine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0035029164     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49094.x     Document Type: Article

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