Living with urinary incontinence: A longitudinal study of older women

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-338

  Byles, Julie ^a   Millar, Cynthia J ^a   Sibbritt, David W ^a   Chiarelli, Pauline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Incontinence; Longitudinal; Urinary; Women quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSURIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL LIFE; SUPPORT GROUP; TISSUE INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CONSTIPATION; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 65449175352     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp013     Document Type: Article

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