Social support as a predictor of perceived health status in patients with multiple sclerosis

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Krokavcova, Martina ^a   van Dijk, Jitse P ^a,b   Nagyova, Iveta ^a   Rosenberger, Jaroslav ^a   Gavelova, Miriam ^c   Middel, Berrie ^b   Gdovinova, Zuzana ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Railways Hospital   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Mental health summary scale; Multiple sclerosis; Perceived health status; Physical health summary scale; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 50249108938     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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