Reliability and validity of a postal version of the Reintegration to Normal Living Index, modified for use with stroke patients

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 835-839

  Daneski, K ^a   Coshall, C ^a   Tilling, Kate ^a,b   Wolfe, C D A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Social Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0344898199     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215503cr686oa     Document Type: Article

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