Living with a long-term urinary catheter: Older people's experiences

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-190

  Godfrey, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Healthcare professionals; Interviews; Long term catheterization; Older people; Patients' experiences; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 41649095183     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04584.x     Document Type: Article

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