"Quality of life" assessment of urination in elderly Japanese men and women with some medical problems using international prostate symptom score and King's Health Questionnaire

European Urology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-419

  Okamura, Kikuo ^a   Usami, Takatoshi ^b   Nagahama, Katsushi ^c   Maruyama, Satoshi ^b   Mizuta, Eiji ^d  

^a CHUBU NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; International Prostate Symptom Score; King's Health Questionnaire; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0036555362     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(02)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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