Urinary incontinence in community dwelling elderly: Are there sex differences in help-seeking behaviour?

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 209-216

  Teunissen, Doreth ^a,b   Lagro Janssen, Toine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Help seeking behaviour; Sex differences; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 10044264307     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430410006666     Document Type: Article

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