Patient-focused websites related to stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse: a DISCERN quality analysis

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 875-880

  Dueñas Garcia, Omar Felipe ^a   Kandadai, Padmasini ^a   Flynn, Michael K ^a   Patterson, Danielle ^a   Saini, Jyot ^a   O’Dell, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; Prolapse; Stress incontinence; Website

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DISCERN INSTRUMENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 84929843503     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-014-2615-3     Document Type: Article

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