Bowel function among people 75+ reporting faecal incontinence in relation to help seeking, dependency and quality of life

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 458-468

  Stenzelius, Karin ^a   Westergren, Albert ^a   Hallberg, Ingalill R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bowel symptoms; Dependency; Faecal incontinence; Gender; Older people; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIARRHEA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33847401135     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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