Increased work-load associated with faecal incontinence among home care patients in 11 European countries

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-328

  Finne Soveri, H ^a,b,g   Sorbye L W ^c   Jonsson, P V ^d   Carpenter, G I ^e   Bernabei, R ^f  

^a National Research and Development Centre (STAKES)

^b City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^c Diakonhjemmet University College   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Europe; Faecal incontinence; Formal and informal care; Health politics; Home care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ICELAND; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 44649174460     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm085     Document Type: Article

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