The effect of urinary incontinence on quality of life in older nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1325-1333

  DuBeau, Catherine E ^a   Simon, Samuel E ^b   Morris, John N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum Data Set; Nursing homes; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33748418142     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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