A preliminary report on a skills-based telephone-administered peer support programme for patients with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 222-226

  Mohr, David C ^a,b   Burke, Heather ^a   Beckner, Victoria ^a   Merluzzi, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Disease management; Multiple sclerosis; Peer support; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 15544389360     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458505ms1150oa     Document Type: Article

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