Health literacy, cognition, and urinary incontinence among geriatric inpatients discharged to skilled nursing facilities.

Cohn JA, Shah AS, Goggins KM, Simmons SF, Kripalani S, Dmochowski RR, Schnelle JF, Reynolds WS. Health literacy, cognition, and urinary incontinence among geriatric inpatients discharged to skilled nursing facilities. Neurourology and urodynamics. 2018 Feb;37(37). 854-860. PMID: 28762548 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC5794668 NIHMSID: NIHMS900128.

Abstract

To investigate the association between health literacy and cognition and nursing and patient-reported incontinence in a geriatric inpatient population transitioning to skilled nursing facilities (SNF).