Qualitative comparison of the reliability of health status assessments with the EuroQol and SF-36 questionnaires after stroke

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Dorman, Paul ^a   Slattery, Jim ^b   Farrell, Barbara ^b   Dennis, Martin ^b   Sandercock, Peter ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders outcome; Observer variation; Quality of life; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031974090     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.1.63     Document Type: Article

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