First Diagnosis and Management of Incontinence in Older People with and without Dementia in Primary Care: A Cohort Study Using The Health Improvement Network Primary Care Database.

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Grant, RL; Drennan, VM; Rait, G; Petersen, I; Iliffe, S (2013) First Diagnosis and Management of Incontinence in Older People with and without Dementia in Primary Care: A Cohort Study Using The Health Improvement Network Primary Care Database. PLoS Med, 10 (8). e1001505 - e1001505 (8). ISSN 1549-1277 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001505
SGUL Authors: Drennan, Vari MacDougal

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001505

Abstract

Dementia is one of the most disabling and burdensome diseases. Incontinence in people with dementia is distressing, adds to carer burden, and influences decisions to relocate people to care homes. Successful and safe management of incontinence in people with dementia presents additional challenges. The aim of this study was to investigate the rates of first diagnosis in primary care of urinary and faecal incontinence among people aged 60-89 with dementia, and the use of medication or indwelling catheters for urinary incontinence.

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PMCID: PMC3754889. Copyright: © 2013 Grant et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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PLoS Med

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1549-1277

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