Assessment of bothersomeness and impact on quality of life of urinary incontinence in women in France, Germany, Spain and the UK

BJU International

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 831-838

  Papanicolaou, Sotiria ^a   Hunskaar, Steinar ^b   Lose, Gunar ^c   Sykes, David ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bothersomeness; Quality of life; Type of incontinence; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 25844477521     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05722.x     Document Type: Article

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