Health related quality of life of stroke survivors: Experience of a stroke unit

International Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-187

  Abubakar, S A ^a   Isezuo, S A ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Department of medicine   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; SIS 16; Sokoto; Stroke survivors

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; STROKE IMPACT SCALE 16; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ZUNG DEPRESSION SELF RATING SCALE;

EID: 84866503143     PISSN: 15509702     EISSN: 15552810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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