Home-based training in the use of bathing devices increased usage and resulted in small improvements in personal independence and satisfaction for people with stroke

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-52

  Hoffmann, Tammy ^b   Wielandt, Trish ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BATH; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOME CARE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE; TECHNICAL AID;

EID: 33644826345     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00548.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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