Isolated urinary, fecal, and double incontinence: Prevalence and degree of soiling in stroke survivors

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1915-1919

  Brittain, Katherine ^a   Perry, Sarah ^b   Shaw, Chris ^b   Matthews, Ruth ^b   Jagger, Carol ^b   Potter, John ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fecal incontinence; Stroke; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CLOTHING; COMMUNITY LIVING; DOUBLE INCONTINENCE; ETHNICITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FURNITURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STROKE PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33845494747     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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