Randomised trial of a computer-generated tailored written education package for patients following stroke

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 280-286

  Hoffmann, Tammy ^a   McKenna, Kryss ^a   Worrall, Linda ^a   Read, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Patient education; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; STROKE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250643986     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm003     Document Type: Article

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