Using the short form-36 with multiple sclerosis patients in five countries: A cross-cultural comparison

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-31

  Pfennings, Lilian ^a   Cohen, Leo ^a   Gerbaud, Laurent ^b   Vernay, Didier ^c   Thompson, Alan ^d   Vleugels, Luc ^e   Biolay, Sylvie ^b   Van Der Ploeg, Henk ^a   Miller, Deborah ^f   Freeman, Jenny ^d   Ketelaer, Pierre ^e   Polman, Chris ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e National MS Centre   (Belgium)

^f Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033176906     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.1.19     Document Type: Article

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