Expectations of wheelchair-dependency in recently diagnosed patients with multiple sclerosis and their partners

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-293

  Janssens, A C J W ^a   De Boer, J B ^a   Van Doorn, P A ^a   Van Der Ploeg, H M ^b   Van Der Meche F G A ^a   Passchier, J ^a   Hintzen, R Q ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Expectations; Multiple sclerosis; Prognosis; Risk perception; Uncertainty; Wheelchair dependency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE; WELLBEING; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL PARTNERS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0038293431     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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