Systematic screening for urinary incontinence in older women: Who could benefit from it?

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Visser, Els ^a   De Bock, Geertruida H ^a   Kollen, Boudewijn J ^a   Meijerink, Marije ^a   Berger, Marjolein Y ^a   Dekker, Janny H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family practice; female; patient acceptance of health care; primary health care; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84857244784     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2011.628244     Document Type: Review

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