Preliminary evaluation of the prevalence of falls, pain and urinary incontinence in remote living Indigenous Australians over the age of 45years

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Logiudice, D C ^a,b   Smith, K ^a,c   Atkinson, D ^d,e   Dwyer, A ^a,c   Lautenschlager, N ^d,f   Almeida, O A ^d   Flicker, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Falls; Incontinence; Indigenous population; Pain; Urinary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX; STROKE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862548857     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02332.x     Document Type: Article

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