Prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence and its influence on the quality of life of Japanese women

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-158

  Azuma, Reiko ^a   Murakami, Kyoko ^a   Iwamoto, Mieko ^a   Tanaka, Mayumi ^a   Saita, Nahoko ^a   Abe, Yoshie ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese women; Quality of life; Risk factors; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INCONTINENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 43249099315     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2008.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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