Health-related quality of life in a population-based sample of people with multiple sclerosis in Stockholm County

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 605-612

  Gottberg, Kristina ^a,c   Einarsson, U ^a   Ytterberg, C ^a   De Pedro Cuesta, J ^a,b   Fredrikson, S ^a   Von Koch, L ^a   Widen Holmqvist L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Interviews; Multiple sclerosis; Population; Quality of life; Questionnaires; Sickness Impact Profile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; WALKING; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34250626457     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458505070660     Document Type: Article

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