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Prevalence of incontinence among older Americans / by Yelena Gorina [and four others].
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Gorina, Yelena, author.
- Series:
- Vital and health statistics. Analytical and epidemiological studies ; Series 3, no. 36.
- DHHS publication ; no. 2012-1420.
- Vital and health statistics. Series 3 ; number 36
- DHHS publication ; no. 2014-1420
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urinary incontinence--United States--Epidemiology--Statistics.
- Urinary incontinence.
- Older people--United States--Statistics.
- Older people.
- Fecal incontinence--United States--Epidemiology--Statistics.
- Fecal incontinence.
- Urinary Incontinence--epidemiology.
- Aged.
- Fecal Incontinence--epidemiology.
- United States--epidemiology.
- Aged, 80 and over.
- elderly.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Urinary Incontinence--epidemiology.
- Aged.
- Fecal Incontinence--epidemiology.
- United States--epidemiology.
- Aged, 80 and over.
- Genre:
- Statistics
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 24 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Hyattsville, Maryland : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 2014.
- Summary:
- This report presents national estimates of incontinence prevalence in the United States using data source specific definitions of incontinence among persons aged 65 years and over by sociodemographic characteristics during 2007-2010. The prevalence of incontinence is evaluated for non-institutionalized persons, those living in residential care facilities, and home health and hospice care recipients.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Methods
- Data sources and subpopulations
- Definitions
- Error measures and statistical testing
- Noninstitutionalized population : NHANES, 2007-2010
- Residents of residential care facilities : NSRCF, 2010
- Home health and hospice care patients : NHHCS, 2007
- Nursing home residents : MDS, 2009
- Results
- Noninstitutionalized population (NHANES)
- Residential care facility residents (NSRCF)
- Recipients of home health care (NHHCS)
- Recipients of hospice care (NHHCS)
- Difficulty controlling bladder and bowel among persons receiving home health and hospice care by residence (NHHCS)
- Nursing home residents (MDS)
- Discussion
- Study limitations.
- Notes:
- "June 2014."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-13).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2017.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, viewed May 3, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gorina, Yelena. Prevalence of incontinence among older Americans
- OCLC:
- 993747396
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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