Measuring Incontinence in Australia 2006
This project covered three facets of incontinence in Australia: providing estimates of prevalence; estimates of the impact of incontinence on peoples' lives; and an estimate of the effect of incontinence on peoples' health. The analyses undertaken included testing the validity of the instruments, the internal structure of the instruments and their sensitivity in the context of incontinence.
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Measuring Incontinence in Australia 2006
ByA/Professor Graeme Hawthorne
The Department of Psychiatry
The University of Melbourne
Measuring Incontinence in Australia
ISBN: 0 642 82980 2
Online ISBN: 0 642 82981 0
Publications Approval Number: 3864
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