Absorbent products for urinary/faecal incontinence: A comparative evaluation of key product designs

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 29, 2008, Pages

  Fader, M ^a,b   Cottenden, A ^a   Getliffe, K ^b   Gage, H ^c   Clarke O'Neill, S ^a   Jamieson, K ^b   Green, N ^a   Williams, P ^d   Brooks, R ^a   Malone Lee, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAPER; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYGIENE PRODUCT; LAUNDRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MENSTRUATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PURCHASING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SANITARY PAD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ABSORBENT PAD; ABSORPTION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ABSORBENT PADS; ABSORPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 48449095062     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta12290     Document Type: Article

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