Measuring the Severity of Stress Urinary Incontinence Using the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-32

  Handal, Victoria L ^a,c   Massof, Robert W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability measures; Incontinence Impact Questionnaire; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Raschanalysis; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RECREATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS INCONTINENCE;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0347651394     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.10163     Document Type: Article

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