Clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and service users' perceptions of early, well-resourced communication therapy following a stroke: A randomised controlled trial (the ACT noW study)

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 1-159

  Bowen, A ^a   Hesketh, A ^a   Patchick, E ^a   Young, A ^a   Davies, L ^a   Vail, A ^a   Long, A ^b   Watkins, C ^c   Wilkinson, M ^a   Pearl, G ^d   Lambon Ralph, M ^a   Tyrrell, P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Speakeasy   (United Kingdom)

^e SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION CONTROL; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION OUTCOMES AFTER STROKE SCALE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSARTHRIA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE 5 DIMENSIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE THERAPIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPEECH THERAPIST; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; THERAPY OUTCOME MEASURE ACTIVITY SUBSCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; DYSARTHRIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPEECH THERAPY; STATE MEDICINE; STROKE;

EID: 84862673714     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta16260     Document Type: Article

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