Differences in resident characteristics and prevalence of urinary incontinence in nursing homes in the southeastern United States

Nursing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-107

  Boyington, Josephine E A ^a   Howard, Daniel L ^a   Carter Edwards, Lori ^a   Gooden, Kyna M ^a   Erdem, Nurum ^b   Jallah, Yhenneko ^a   Busby Whitehead, Jan ^b  

^a SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Nursing homes; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 34247275223     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000263969.08878.51     Document Type: Review

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