Construct validity of the stroke-specific quality of life questionnaire in ischemic stroke patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1113-1118

  Hsueh, I Ping ^a,b   Jeng, Jiann Shing ^b   Lee, Yen ^c   Sheu, Ching Fan ^c   Hsieh, Ching Lin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Outcomes assessment (health care); Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of results; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE;

EID: 79959689518     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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