Effectiveness of involving a nurse specialist for patients with urinary incontinence in primary care: Results of a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 705-712

  Albers Heitner, C P ^a   Lagro Janssen, A L M ^b   Joore, M A ^a   Berghmans, L C M ^a   Nieman, F ^a   Venema, P L ^c   Severens, J L ^a,d   Winkens, R A G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INCONTINENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 79956105690     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02652.x     Document Type: Article

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