Measuring the barriers against seeking consultation for urinary incontinence among Middle Eastern women

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  El Azab, Ahmed S ^a   Shaaban, Omar M ^b  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE EAST; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; SPOUSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649296737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-10-3     Document Type: Article

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