Cognition, continence and transfer status at the time of discharge from an acute hospital setting and their associations with an unfavourable discharge outcome after stroke

Gerontology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 202-209

  Myint, Phyo K ^a,b,c   Vowler, Sarah L ^d   Redmayne, Oliver ^a   Fulcher, Robert A ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Continence; Discharge destination; Stroke; Transfer status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFUSION; CONTINENCE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REGISTER; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CONFUSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 45549103906     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126491     Document Type: Article

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