Cognitive impairment and quality of life among stroke survivors in Nigeria

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 3 I, 2007, Pages 876-882

  Fatoye, Femi O ^a,b   Komolafe, Morenikeji A ^a   Eegunranti, Benjamin A ^b   Adewuya, Abiodun O ^b   Mosaku, Samuel K ^b   Fatoye, Grace K ^b  

^a Department of Mental Health ^*

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIGERIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NIGERIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34547382691     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.3.876-882     Document Type: Article

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