Fatigue after stroke: Baseline predictors and influence on survival. analysis of data from UK patients recruited in the international stroke trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Mead, Gillian E ^a   Graham, Catriona ^a   Dorman, Paul ^b   Bruins, Slot Karsten ^c   Lewis, Steff C ^a   Dennis, Martin S ^a   Sandercock, Peter A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE;

FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE;

EID: 79952787318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016988     Document Type: Article

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