The incontinence impact questionnaire: Results in an Italian female population stratified by educational status

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Costantini, Elisabetta ^a   Lazzeri, Massimo ^a   Bini, Vittorio ^b   Del Zingaro, Michele ^a   Kocjiancic, Ervin ^c   Porena, Massimo ^a  

^a Department of Medical Surgical Specialties and Public Health   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Education; Pelvic organ prolapse; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INCONTINENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY URGENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 70349289944     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000230022     Document Type: Article

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