Quality of life impact and treatment seeking of Chinese women with urinary incontinence

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-333

  Yu, Hong Jeng ^a   Wong, Wai Yan ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Chie, Wei Chu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Treatment seeking; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TAIWAN; TRAVEL; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TAIWAN; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037543013     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023250632395     Document Type: Article

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