Severity of fecal incontinence in community-living elderly in a health maintenance organization

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 162-173

  Bliss, Donna Zimmaro ^a   Fischer, Lucy Rose ^b   Savik, Kay ^a   Avery, Melissa ^a   Mark, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Feces; Incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; URINARY URGENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2942539085     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20014     Document Type: Review

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