Gender differences in quality of life after stroke and TIA: A cross-sectional survey of out-patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 15-16, 2012, Pages 2386-2391

  Franzén Dahlin, Åsa ^a   Laska, Ann Charlotte ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Nurses; Nursing; Quality of life; Stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84864018960     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04064.x     Document Type: Article

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