Functional outcomes among stroke patients in Alagoas, Brazil: observational study
CONCLUSION: We found a FD rate four times greater than in another Brazilian study. Lower stroke severity and fewer depressive symptoms were associated with achieving functional independence. Less than half of the patients were referred to a rehabilitation service at hospital discharge and few had access to multidisciplinary treatment.PMID:33729419 | DOI:10.1590/1516-3180.2020.0304.R2.10122020
Source: Sao Paulo Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Authors: Jussara Almeida de Oliveira Baggio Dandhara Henrique de Farias Lizanilda Leite de Gusm ão Albuquerque Bianca Cardoso de Melo Valqu íria da Silva Daniela Bassi-Dibai Let ícia Januzi de Almeida Rocha Source Type: research
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