Are proxy assessments of health status after stroke with the EuroQol questionnaire feasible, accurate, and unbiased?

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1883-1887

  Dorman, Paul J ^a   Waddell, Fiona ^a   Slattery, Jim ^a   Dennis, Martin ^a   Sandercock, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Observer variation; Quality of life; Stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STROKE;

EID: 0030726773     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.10.1883     Document Type: Article

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