Prevalence and incidence of urinary incontinence of Swiss nursing home residents at admission and after six, 12 and 24 months

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2490-2496

  Saxer, Susi ^a   Halfens, Ruud J G ^b   De Bie, Rob A ^b   Dassen, Theo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geriatric patients; Incidence; Nursing homes; Prevalence; Switzerland; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; TIME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 49749114541     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02055.x     Document Type: Article

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