Lower urinary tract symptoms: Lack of change in prevalence and help-seeking behaviour in two population-based surveys of women in 1991 and 2007

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 954-959

  Wennberg, Anna Lena ^a   Molander, Ulla ^a   Fall, Magnus ^a   Edlund, Christer ^a   Peeker, Ralph ^a   Milsom, Ian ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Female; Help seeking behaviour; LUTS; Overactive bladder; Prevalence; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCTURIA; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL LIFE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEDEN; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049094404     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08534.x     Document Type: Article

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