Relationship between stress and relapse in multiple sclerosis: Part II. Direct and indirect relationships

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-475

  Brown, Rhonda F ^a   Tennant, C C ^b   Sharrock, M ^a   Hodgkinson, S ^c   Dunn, S M ^b   Pollard, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coping; Gender; Multiple sclerosis; Relapse; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33746529186     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458506ms1296oa     Document Type: Article

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