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| Promoting help-seeking behavior for urinary incontinence | | Author(s) | Theodore M Johnson, Jan Busby-Whitehead, Carolyn Ashford |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 17, no 4, December 1998 |
| Pages | pp 419-441 |
| Keywords | Incontinence ; Therapeutics ; Doctors ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The effectiveness of a combined primary care physician education and public awareness campaign about urinary incontinence was evaluated in this study. The campaign was designed to trigger help-seeking behaviour in older adults with urine leakage problems and to encourage primary care providers to offer appropriate treatment for urinary incontinence (UI). Outcome measures included data from helpline callers and physician surveys before and after the two interventions. Most callers who sought care turned to their primary care physicians. The median estimated number of patients presenting with UI in primary care changed from 9 per month to 11 per month, a change that was not statistically significant. Physicians' optimism for the potential gains from incontinence treatment increased. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990104402 A |
| Classmark | CTM: LL: QT2: 7T |
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