Acceptability of a urinary continence promotion programme to women in postpartum

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 188-196

  Chiarelli, Pauline ^a   Murphy, Barbara ^b   Cockburn, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOTHERAPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 0037331879     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02205.x     Document Type: Article

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