Interrater reliability of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale: Rating by neurologists and nurses in a community-based stroke incidence study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 323-327

  Dewey, Helen M ^a,b   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a   Freeman, Elspeth J ^a   Sharples, Catherine M ^a   Macdonell, Richard A L ^a   McNeil, John J ^a   G thrift, Amanda ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Impairment scale; Incidence; Interobserver agreement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TRAINING;

AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEUROLOGY; NURSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032824147     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016006     Document Type: Article

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