The longitudinal relationship between the patient-reported Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale and the clinician-assessed Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-258

  Costelloe, Lisa ^a   O'Rourke, K ^a   McGuigan, C ^a   Walsh, C ^b   Tubridy, N ^a   Hutchinson, M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

disability scales; multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite; Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale; self report measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULITPLE SCLEROSIS FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITE; MULITPLE SCLEROSIS IMPACT SCALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PACE AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 43149106298     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458507081274     Document Type: Article

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