Prevalence and impact fo urinary symptoms among community-dwelling stroke survivors
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To establish prevalence of urinary symptoms among community-dwelling stroke survivors and how these symptoms affected lives of these survivors compared with a nonstroke population. METHODS: The present study was a community-based postal survey in Leicestershire community, UK...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Stroke (1970) 2000-04, Vol.31 (4), p.886 |
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Zusammenfassung: | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To establish prevalence of urinary symptoms among community-dwelling stroke survivors and how these symptoms affected lives of these survivors compared with a nonstroke population. METHODS: The present study was a community-based postal survey in Leicestershire community, UK (that excluded institutional settings), that was designed to track stroke, urinary, and bowel symptoms and the effect of such symptoms on relationships, social life, daily activities, and overall quality of life. Subjects included 14 600 people who were living in the community and |
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ISSN: | 0039-2499 1524-4628 |