Functioning at 6 months post stroke following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 545-548

  Rouillard, Susan ^a   De Weerdt, Willy ^b   De Wit, Liesbet ^b   Jelsma, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER STRAIN INDEX; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTTINGHAM EXTENDED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANKIN SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY; CAREGIVER; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; LEISURE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; WORK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865111977     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.5488     Document Type: Article

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