A qualitative study of family caregiver experiences of managing incontinence in stroke survivors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Tseng, Chien Ning ^a   Huang, Guey Shiun ^b   Yu, Po Jui ^b   Lou, Meei Fang ^b  

^a CARDINAL TIEN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXHAUSTION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84936099723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129540     Document Type: Article

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