Prevalence of urinary incontinence among community-dwelling adults receiving home care

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 604-612

  Du Moulin, M F M T ^a   Hamers, J P H ^a   Ambergen, A W ^b   Janssen, M A P ^c   Halfens, R J G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community public health; Continence nursing; Homecare; Nursing care assessment; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 58149252803     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20291     Document Type: Article

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