Development and validation of a short version of the Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-286

  Post, Marcel W M ^a   Boosman, Hileen ^a   Van Zandvoort, Martine M ^a,b   Passier, Patricia E C A ^a   Rinkel, Gabriel J E ^a   Visser Meily, Johanna M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; STROKE SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 79951795498     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.196394     Document Type: Article

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