The impact of a Web-based caregiver intervention on the reasons stroke survivors use health care services during the first year post treatment

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-132

  Steiner, Victoria ^a   Pierce, Linda L ^b   Windnagel, Felicia ^c   Martincin, Kelly ^d   Pawlak, Rosalyn ^e   Salvador, Diane ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c Advanced Neurologic Associates   (United States)

^d CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Northeast Ohio Cardiovascular Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Health services; Health utilization; Stroke; Stroke patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; STROKE; SURVIVOR; WELLBEING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849098617     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1602-122     Document Type: Article

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