Post-stroke fatigue and return to work: A 2-year follow-up

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 248-253

  Andersen, G ^a   Christensen, D ^a   Kirkevold, M ^b   Johnsen, S P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Socioeconomic outcome; Stroke; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL FATIGUE SCORE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FATIGUE INVENTORY; POST STROKE FATIGUE; RATING SCALE; RETURN TO WORK; SCANDINAVIAN STROKE SCALE; STROKE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 84858289910     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01557.x     Document Type: Article

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