A 10-year follow-up of urinary and fecal incontinence among the oldest old in the community: The Canadian study of health and aging

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-331

  Østbye, Truls ^a   Seim, Arnfinn ^b   Krause, Katrina M ^a   Feightner, John ^c   Hachinski, Vladimir ^c   Sykes, Elizabeth ^d   Hunskaar, Steinar ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; Double incontinence; Fecal incontinence; Incidence; Longitudinal study; Risk factors; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 13944276361     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2005.0024     Document Type: Article

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