Randomised controlled trial of an education and support package for stroke patients and their carers

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Eames, Sally ^a   Hoffmann, Tammy ^b,c   Worrall, Linda ^c   Read, Stephen ^d   Wong, Andrew ^d  

^a Brighton Health Campus and Services ^*  (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CARER EDUCATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REINFORCEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84878430921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002538     Document Type: Article

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