Life satisfaction two-years after stroke onset: The effects of gender, sex occupational status, memory function and quality of life among stroke patients (Newsqol) and their family caregivers (Whoqol-bref) in Luxembourg

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Baumann, Michèle ^a   Couffignal, Sophie ^b   Le Bihan, Etienne ^a   Chau, Nearkasen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b Centre for Health Studies   (Luxembourg)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Family caregivers; Life satisfaction; Newsqol; Post stroke patients; Quality of life; Whoqol bref

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA BASE; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; LUXEMBOURG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84866545306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-105     Document Type: Article

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