Training carers of stroke patients: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ

Volumn 328, Issue 7448, 2004, Pages 1099-

  Kalra, Lalit ^a   Evans, Andrew ^a   Perez, Inigo ^a   Melbourn, Anne ^b   Patel, Anita ^c   Knapp, Martin ^c   Donaldson, Nora ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Orpington Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; REHABILITATION CENTER; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 2342592457     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1099     Document Type: Article

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