How valid are family proxy assessments of stroke patients' health-related quality of life?

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2081-2085

  Williams, Linda S ^a,b,c   Bakas, Tamilyn ^d   Brizendine, Edward ^b   Plue, Laurie ^a   Tu, Wanzhu ^b,c   Hendrie, Hugh ^c   Kroenke, Kurt ^b,c  

^a RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Outcomes; Quality of life; Scales; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUSTODY; DEPRESSION; ENERGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROLE PLAYING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; STUDENT T TEST; THINKING; VALIDITY; AFFECT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

AFFECT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENTS; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33747151628     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000230583.10311.9f     Document Type: Article

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