Reliability and validity of two new instruments for measuring aspects of mental slowness in the daily lives of stroke patients

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-85

  Winkens, Ieke ^a,b   Van Heugten, Caroline M ^a,b   Fasotti, Luciano ^c,d   Wade, Derick T ^a,e  

^a Vilans   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily life; Mental slowness; Reliability; Stroke; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL SLOWNESS OBSERVATION TEST; MENTAL SLOWNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE;

EID: 58149084372     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010801913650     Document Type: Article

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