Lower urinary tract symptoms: Social influence is more important than symptoms in seeking medical care

BJU International

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 655-661

  Wolters, R ^a   Wensing, M ^a   Van Weel, C ^b   Van Der Wilt, G J ^b   Grol, R P T M ^a  

^a Centre for Quality of Care Research   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptance of healthcare; BPH; LUTS; Patient behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0036432788     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.02996.x     Document Type: Article

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