Effect of socioeconomic status on functional and motor recovery after stroke: A European multicentre study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 593-599

  Putman, Koen ^a   De Wit, Liesbet ^b   Schoonacker, Miranda ^a   Baert, Ilse ^b   Beyens, Hilde ^c   Brinkmann, Nadine ^d   Dejaeger, Eddy ^c   De Meyer, Anne Marie ^b   De Weerdt, Willy ^b   Feys, Hilde ^b   Jenni, Walter ^d   Kaske, Christiane ^d   Leys, Mark ^a   Lincoln, Nadina ^e   Schuback, Birgit ^d   Schupp, Wilfried ^d   Smith, Bozena ^e   Louckx, Fred ^a  

^a FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Fachklinik Herzogenaurach ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CASE MIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EUROPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34249723164     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.094607     Document Type: Article

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