Prestroke modified Rankin stroke scale has moderate interobserver reliability and validity in an acute stroke setting

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3184-3188

  Fearon, Patrica ^a   McArthur, Kate S ^a   Garrity, Kevin ^a   Graham, Laura J ^a   McGroarty, Geraldine ^a   Vincent, Sarah ^a   Quinn, T J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Disability evaluation; Methods; Outcomes; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROCKWOOD FRAILTY INDEX; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVOR; VALIDITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84870941797     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.670422     Document Type: Article

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