Women Overestimate Daytime Urinary Frequency: The Importance of the Bladder Diary

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2176-2180

  Stav, Kobi ^a,c   Dwyer, Peter L ^a   Rosamilia, Anna ^b  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

bladder; data collection; nocturia; suburethral slings; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIURNAL ENURESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICTURITION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBURETHRAL SLING; URINARY FREQUENCY; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINATION;

EID: 64049093342     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.01.042     Document Type: Article

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