Stroke knowledge and misconceptions among survivors of stroke and a non-stroke survivor sample

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 72-81

  Sullivan, Karen ^a   Waugh, Debra ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Stroke education; Stroke knowledge test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; STROKE KNOWLEDGE TEST; SURVIVAL;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 23944465970     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/TJK4-V5W9-R5T7-GLEH     Document Type: Article

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