Urinary incontinence in older people living in the community: Examining help-seeking behaviour

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 519, 2005, Pages 776-782

  Teunissen, Doreth ^a   van Weel, Chris ^a   Lagro Janssen, Toine ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Help seeking behaviour; Older people; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PROTECTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 26944492585     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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