Stroke rehabilitation outcomes in hebron - Palestine

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2013

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Aim: To investigate strokes, epidemiology, stroke characteristics, use of care and rehabilitation outcomes, and factors predicting these outcomes in stroke patients in Hebron city, in southern Palestine. Design: A one-year hospital-based, observational, descriptive, case-control, cohort study. Sample: One hundred and thirty nine (139) stroke patients were recruited from two main hospitals in Hebron city (Alia and Al-Ahli hospitals). Procedure: Objective assessment, patient interview, file screening and observation of the recruited cases was performed, risk factors were recorded and impairment, functional activity and participation were captured at baseline (T1), three months (T2), and six months (T3).

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD

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Stroke, Rehabilitation, Outcome, Impairment, Participation, Activity, Settings, Improvement, Predictors, Palestine, Risk factors

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