Education-only versus a multifaceted intervention for improving assessment of rehabilitation needs after stroke; a cluster randomised trial

Implementation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lynch, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c   Cadilhac, Dominique A ^b,c,d   Luker, Julie A ^a,b,c   Hillier, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STANDARDS; STROKE REHABILITATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; REHABILITATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84986218368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-016-0487-2     Document Type: Article

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