Gender and Age Differences in the Perception of Bother and Health Care Seeking for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: Results from the Hospitalised and Outpatients' Profile and Expectations Study

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 937-947

  Apostolidis, Apostolos ^a   Kirana, Paraskevi Sofia ^a   Chiu, Gretchen ^b   Link, Carol ^b   Tsiouprou, Marina ^a   Hatzichristou, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Health care seeking; Incontinence; Lower urinary tract symptoms; LUTS; Sex; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URINATION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350565095     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.07.050     Document Type: Article

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