Quality of life and aphasia. Multicentric standardization of a questionnaire

Europa Medicophysica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-230

  Posteraro, L ^a,d   Formis, A ^a   Grassi, E ^a   Bighi, M ^a   Nati, P ^b   Proietti Bocchini, C ^b   Todeschini, E ^b   Bidini, C ^c   Corsini, D ^c   Agosti, M ^c   Franceschini, M ^c  

^a Rehabilitation Unit   (Italy)

^b ASL 3 Umbria   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UO Riabilitazione Neuromotoria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH THERAPY;

AGED; APHASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845923218     PISSN: 00142573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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