Patient's quality of life and coping style influence general practitioner's management in men with lower urinary tract symptoms: The Krimpen Study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1335-1343

  Kok, Esther T ^a   Bohnen, Arthur M ^a   Bosch, J L H Ruud ^b   Thomas, Siep ^a   Groeneveld, Frans P M J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coping styles; General practitioner; IPSS; Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS); QOL; Treatment; UCL

Indexed keywords

5 ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXIDOREDUCTASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750550092     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-0013-0     Document Type: Article

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