Does condition-specific quality of life correlate with generic health-related quality of life and objective incontinence severity in women with stress urinary incontinence?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 324-329

  Oh, Seung June ^a   Ku, Ja Hyeon ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bladder; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence; Urodynamic study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KING'S HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALSALVA LEAK POINT PRESSURE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCONTINENCE PADS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33746693048     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20226     Document Type: Article

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