Quality of life in women with urinary incontinence is impaired and comparable to women with chronic diseases

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-220

  Cheung, Rachel Y K ^a   Chan, Symphorosa S C ^a   Yiu, Alice K W ^a   Lee, Loreta L L ^a   Chung, Tony K H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Questionnaires; Urinary incontinence; Urination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE INVENTORY SHORT FORM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URINALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMIC STRESS INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL DISTRESS INVENTORY SHORT FORM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 84862581494     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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