Quality-of-life impact and treatment of urinary incontinence in ethnically diverse older women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2000-2006

  Huang, Alison J ^a,b   Brown, Jeanette S ^b,c   Kanaya, Alka M ^b   Creasman, Jennifer M ^b   Ragins, Arona I ^d   Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^d   Thom, David H ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYBUTYNIN; TOLTERODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAPERS, ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCONTINENCE PADS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PELVIC FLOOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33749566350     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.18.2000     Document Type: Article

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