Do women have realistic expectations of treatment for stress urinary incontinence?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 480-484

  Langford, Carolyn F ^a   Elmissiry, Mostafa M ^a   Ghoniem, Gamal M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Stress urinary incontinence; Treatment expectations; UDI 6

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROGENITAL DISTRESS INVENTORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 50849126818     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20570     Document Type: Article

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