Women's reluctance to seek help for stress incontinence during pregnancy and following childbirth

Midwifery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 212-221

  Mason, Linda ^b   Glenn, Sheila ^b   Walton, Irene ^b   Hughes, Carol ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0035464810     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.2001.0259     Document Type: Article

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