Quality of life in multiple sclerosis: Should clinicians trust proxy ratings?

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1190-1194

  Tripoliti, Elina ^a   Campbell, C ^b   Pring, T ^c   Taylor Goh, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sutton and Merton PCT ^*

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d North Thames Regional Environmental Control Equipment Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Proxy ratings; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; DISABLED PERSON; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 39549098535     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458507078389     Document Type: Article

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