Developing a disease-specific quality of life measure for people with multiple sclerosis

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-258

  Ford, H L ^a   Gerry, E ^a   Tennant, A ^a   Whalley, D ^a   Haigh, R ^a   Johnson, M H ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0034996747     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921501673658108     Document Type: Article

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