Validation of an overactive bladder awareness tool for use in primary care settings

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-394

  Coyne, Karin S ^a   Zyczynski, Teresa ^b   Margolis, Mary Kay ^a   Elinoff, Victor ^c   Roberts, Richard G ^d  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Endwell Family Physicians   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness tool; Overactive bladder; Primary care; Questionnaire; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURIA; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 29344473986     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850085     Document Type: Article

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