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
Hauptverfasser: Brittain, K R, Perry, S I, Peet, ' S M, Shaw, C
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Sprache:eng
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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
ISSN:0039-2499
1524-4628