Measuring outcomes of importance to women with stress urinary incontinence

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 719-725

  Ternent, L ^a,b   Vale, L ^a,b   Buckley, B ^c   Glazener, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Patient generated index; Quality of life; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 62149093496     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02106.x     Document Type: Article

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