Correlates of urinary, fecal, and dual incontinence in older African-American and white men and women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-290

  Markland, Alayne D ^a,b,c,d   Goode, Patricia S ^b,c,d   Burgio, Kathryn L ^b,c,d   Redden, David T ^b,d   Richter, Holly E ^c,d   Sawyer, Patricia ^c,d   Allman, Richard M ^b,c,d  

^a GRECC/11G   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Fecal incontinence; Gender; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWELLING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 38549123859     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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