Web-based research of lower urinary tract symptoms that affect quality of life in elderly Japanese men: Analysis using a structural equation model

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1013-1022

  Masumori, Naoya ^a   Homma, Daiichi ^b   Tsukamoto, Taiji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Interscope Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

LUTS; Medical care seeking behaviour; Quality of life; Structural equation model; Web based research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; INTERNET; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; HUMANS; INTERNET; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 18544387575     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05457.x     Document Type: Article

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