Symptom severity and patient perceptions in overactive bladder: How are they related?

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 968-972

  Homma, Yukio ^a   Gotoh, Momokazu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

OAB symptoms; OABSS; Patient perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049113641     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08498.x     Document Type: Article

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