Urinary Incontinence in Hospitalised Elderly Patients: Do Nurses Recognise and Manage the Problem?

This study examined to what extent nurses recognize urinary incontinence (UI) in elderly hospital patients, what UI interventions nurses realize, and if elderly inpatients are willing to raise the topic during their hospital stay. A convenience sample of 78 elderly inpatients in a Swiss hospital wer...

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Main Authors: Sabin Zürcher, Susi Saxer, René Schwendimann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Nursing Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/671302
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