Health-related quality of life among chronic stroke survivors attending a rehabilitation clinic

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-218

  Kong, Keng He ^a,b   Yang, S Y ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Depression; Quality of life; Stroke; Stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BARTHEL INDEX; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; STROKE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33644910895     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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