Trial participants' experiences of early enhanced speech and language therapy after stroke compared with employed visitor support: A qualitative study nested within a randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-182

  Young, Alys ^a   Gomersall, Timothy ^b   Bowen, Audrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACT NoW; Aphasia; dysarthria; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; COHORT STUDIES; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE;

EID: 84872729945     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512450042     Document Type: Article

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