NIDDK Central Repository - Fluid manipulation among individuals with lower urinary tract symptoms: a mixed methods study.

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Publication Information

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03493.x

PubMed ID

21073582

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2011

Affiliation

Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. elstad@email.unc.edu

Authors

Elstad EA, Maserejian NN, McKinlay JB, Tennstedt SL

Studies

BACH

Citation

Elstad EA, Maserejian NN, McKinlay JB, Tennstedt SL. Fluid manipulation among individuals with lower urinary tract symptoms: a mixed methods study. J Clin Nurs 2011 Jan;20(1-2):156-65. Epub 2010 Nov 15.

Abstract

To determine, qualitatively and quantitatively, how individuals use fluid manipulation to self-manage the urinary symptoms of daytime frequency, urgency and urine leakage and the underlying rationale for this behaviour.