A Comparison of the Long-term Health Related Quality of Life and Handicap of Stroke Patients in Mainland China and Hong Kong

• Main Authors: T Kwok (Author), X Jin (Author), F Yeung (Author), J Cheng (Author), RSK Lo (Author), CLK Lam (Author), HJ Yuan (Author), J Woo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose To compare health related quality of life (HRQOL) and handicap of stroke survivors in Hong Kong (HK) and Chengdu (CD) in Mainland China. Method Fifty-four pairs of first ever stroke patients in CD and in HK matched by age, sex and Modified Barthel Index (MBI) were interviewed using a structu...