Developing and validating a Chinese instrument to measure lower urinary tract symptoms among employed women in Taiwan

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 353-361

  Liao, Yuan Mei ^a   Dougherty, Molly C ^a   Boyington, Alice R ^a   Lynn, Mary R ^a   Palmer, Mary H ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; TOILET FACILITIES; TRANSLATING; URINATION DISORDERS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33751396433     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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