Factors related to agreement between self-reported and conventional Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 405-410

  Cheng, E M ^a   Hays, R D ^a   Myers, L W ^a   Ellison, G W ^a   Beckstrand, M ^a   Vickrey, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Kurtzke EDSS; Multiple sclerosis; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN; PLOTS AND CURVES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035207053     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/135245801701566989     Document Type: Article

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