"It can always happen": The impact of urinary incontinence on elderly men and women

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-173

  Teunissen, Doreth ^a   Van Den Bosch, Wil ^a   Van Weel, Chris ^a   Lagro Janssen, Toine ^a   Teunissen, T A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Family practice; Gender differences; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INCONTINENCE; NETHERLANDS; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRAVEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33747736261     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430600739371     Document Type: Article

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