A health profile of adults with multiple sclerosis living in the community

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1099-1105

  Vazirinejad, Reza ^a   Lilley, J ^b   Ward, C ^b  

^a RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Health services; Multiple sclerosis; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FATIGUE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS QUALITY OF LIFE 54 QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCLE SPASM; MYALGIA; NOTTINGHAM EXTENDED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VISUAL DISORDER; CAREGIVER; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58149347720     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458508092264     Document Type: Article

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