Longer term quality of life and outcome in stroke patients: Is the Barthel index alone an adequate measure of outcome?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 125-130

  Wilkinson, Peter R ^a   Wolfe, Charles D A ^a   Warburton, Fiona G ^a   Rudd, Anthony G ^a   Howard, Robin S ^a   Ross Russell, Ralph W ^a   Beech, Roger ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outcome; Quality of life; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031231286     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.6.3.125     Document Type: Article

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