Validity of the SS-QOL in Germany and in survivors of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-168

  Ewert, Thomas ^a   Stucki, Gerold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33846991248     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968306292255     Document Type: Article

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