Prevalence and correlates of fecal incontinence in community-dwelling older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 629-635

  Goode, Patricia S ^a,b,c,d   Burgio, Kathryn L ^a,b,c   Halli, Anne D ^a,b   Jones, Rebecca W ^a,b   Richter, Holly E ^b   Redden, David T ^a,c   Baker, Patricia S ^c   Allman, Richard M ^a,b,c  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d GRECC/11G   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal incontinence; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEG EDEMA; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 18944389533     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53211.x     Document Type: Article

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