Urinary Incontinence in French Women: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact on Quality of Life

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-183

  Lasserre, Andrea ^a,b   Pelat, Camille ^a,b   Guéroult, Violaine ^a,b   Hanslik, Thomas ^a,b   Chartier Kastler, Emmanuel ^c,d   Blanchon, Thierry ^a,b   Ciofu, Calin ^e   Montefiore, Emmanuel D ^e   Alvarez, Fabián P ^a,b   Bloch, Juliette ^f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Association Française d'Urologie AFU   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Female; France; ICIQ; Prevalence; Quality of life; Risk factors; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 67349107508     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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