Comparison of telephone and face-to-face assessment of the modified Rankin Scale

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-139

  Janssen, Paula M ^a   Visser, Nora A ^b   Dorhout Mees, Sanne M ^b   Klijn, Catharina J M ^b   Algra, Ale ^a,b   Rinkel, Gabriel J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Face to face assessment; Modified Rankin Scale; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Telephone interview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RELIABILITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELEPHONE; VALIDITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70849119385     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262309     Document Type: Article

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