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Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1140-1146 , September 2007

Community-Dwelling Stroke Survivors: Function Is Not the Whole Story With Quality of Life

Presented in part to the Stroke It’s Time Conference, July 7, 2006, Sydney, Australia.

Jennifer H. White, BAppSc
- Hunter Stroke Service, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
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Megan K. Alston, BAppSc
- Community Stroke Team, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
Jodie L. Marquez, BAppSc
- Community Stroke Team, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
Anne L. Sweetapple, BAppSc
- Community Stroke Team, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
Michael R. Pollack, FAFRM (RACP)
- Rankin Park Centre, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
John Attia, PhD
- Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Christopher R. Levi, FRACP
- John Hunter Hospital, Hunter New England Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia
Jonathan Sturm, PhD
- Gosford Hospital, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia.
Scott Whyte, PhD
- Gosford Hospital, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, New South Wales, Australia.

Flowchart for recruitment of 3 retrospective cohorts.

Flowchart for recruitment of 3 retrospective cohorts.
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Perceived poststroke functioning: SIS 3.0 (cohorts combined).

Perceived poststroke functioning: SIS 3.0 (cohorts combined).
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SF-36 physical functioning comparison between cohorts and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), norms by sex.

SF-36 physical functioning comparison between cohorts and Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), norms by sex.
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Breakdown of perceived social support, as measured by the MSPSS.

Breakdown of perceived social support, as measured by the MSPSS.
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Supported by the Hunter Stroke Service, Hunter New England Area Health.

No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00405-4

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.003

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