The effectiveness of problem solving therapy for stroke patients: Study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Visser, Marieke M ^a,b   Heijenbrok Kal, Majanka H ^a,b   van 't Spijker, Adriaan ^a   Ribbers, Gerard M ^a,b   Busschbach, Jan J V ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coping style; Health related quality of life; Problem Solving Therapy; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879423148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-67     Document Type: Article

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