Help-seeking behaviour and associated factors among women with urinary incontinence in France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom

European Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-392

  O'Donnell, M ^a   Lose, G ^b   Sykes, D ^c   Voss, S ^c   Hunskaar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based survey; Help seeking; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SPAIN; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 13844266808     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.09.014     Document Type: Article

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