Racial differences in self-reported healthcare seeking and treatment for urinary incontinence in community-dwelling women from the EPI study

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1442-1447

  Berger, Mitchell B ^a   Patel, Divya A ^a   Miller, Janis M ^a   Delancey, John O ^a   Fenner, Dee E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder control; coping strategies; fluid intake; health knowledge; healthcare treatment; Kegel exercises; obesity; population study; treatment barriers; treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 80054795378     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.21145     Document Type: Article

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