Information provision for stroke patients and their caregivers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Smith, Jane ^a   Forster, A ^b   House, A ^b   Knapp, P ^b   Wright, J ^b   Young, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Caregivers; *Patient education as topic methods; standards ; *Stroke; Case control studies; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Health services accessibility; Humans

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDLINE; MOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SCISEARCH; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 44949232343     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001919.pub2     Document Type: Review

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