Urinary incontinence in a community sample of older adults: Prevalence and impact on quality of life

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 15-16, 2011, Pages 1389-1398

  Sims, Jane ^a   Browning, Colette ^a   Lundgren Lindquist, Birgitta ^b   Kendig, Hal ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

elderly; IADL; Incontinence; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE;

EID: 79959392820     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.532284     Document Type: Article

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