Relationship of depression, disability, and family caregiver attitudes to the quality of life of Kuwaiti persons with multiple sclerosis: A controlled study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Alshubaili, Asmahan F ^a   Awadalla, Abdel W ^b   Ohaeri, Jude U ^c   Mabrouk, Asser A ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; KUWAIT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 35548955042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-7-31     Document Type: Article

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