Laxative use in care homes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1266-1272

  Gage, Heather ^a   Goodman, Claire ^b   Davies, Sue L ^b   Norton, Christine ^c   Fader, Mandy ^d   Wells, Mandy ^e   Morris, Jackie ^f   Williams, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Integrated Bladder and Bowel Care   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Constipation; Laxatives; Older people nursing

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PILOT STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77952818276     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05297.x     Document Type: Article

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