Reproducibility and validity of simple questions to identify urinary incontinence in elderly women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 969-972

  Rohr, Gitte ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^a   Ulstrup, Kirsten ^a   Kragstrup, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elderly women; Questionnaire; Urinary incontinence; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 4944251095     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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