Measuring outcomes in aphasia research: A review of current practice and an agenda for standardisation

Aphasiology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1364-1384

  Wallace, Sarah J ^a   Worrall, Linda ^a   Rose, Tanya ^a   Le Dorze, Guylaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Core outcome set; Outcome measures; Research

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORE OUTCOME SET; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SATISFACTION; SPEECH THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84904231611     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2014.930262     Document Type: Note

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