Validation of the Short Form 36 (SF-36) health survey questionnaire among stroke patients

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1812-1816

  Anderson, Craig ^a   Laubscher, Sara ^a   Burns, Richard ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disorders; outcome; SF 36; stroke assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029742516     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.10.1812     Document Type: Article

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