Impact of stroke on health-related quality of life in diverse cultures: The Berlin-Ibadan multicenter international study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Owolabi, Mayowa O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b WFNR Blossom Specialist Medical Center   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hrqol; Hrqolisp; Multicultural; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Seed of life model; Spiritual; Stroke; Transnational

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 80053362909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-81     Document Type: Article

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