A questionnaire to assess carers' experience of stroke rehabilitation

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 256-267

  Howells, Amy ^a   Morris, Reg ^b   Darwin, Cressida ^c  

^a St Davids Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b South Wales Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology   (United Kingdom)

^c SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carer experience; carer satisfaction; quality of care; stroke; stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CARER HOSPITAL SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; STROKE CARER EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE UNIT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAREGIVERS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84862008983     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1903-256     Document Type: Article

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