Chronic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Impact on Quality of Life in an Australian Community Cohort

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 614-623

  Khan, Fary ^a   Pallant, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

chronic pain; chronic pain grade; disability; Multiple sclerosis; pain management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34547596833     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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