Do pad tests and voiding diaries affect patient willingness to participate in studies of incontinence treatment outcomes?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 316-318

  Singh, Mandeep ^a   Bushman, Wade ^b   Clemens, J Quentin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment; Questionnaire; Surgery; Urinary incontinence, stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SURGERY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0347479281     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000101844.65511.75     Document Type: Article

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