Factors associated with care seeking among women with accidental bowel leakage

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 66-71

  Brown, Heidi W ^a   Wexner, Steven D ^b   Lukacz, Emily S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental bowel leakage; Care seeking; Fecal incontinence

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

CARE SEEKING; COMMUNITY-BASED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; INTERNET SURVEY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS;

AGED; ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

AGED; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877087194     PISSN: 21518378     EISSN: 21544212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e31828016d3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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