A Delphi study on environmental factors that impact work and social life participation of individuals with multiple sclerosis in Austria and Switzerland

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 183-195

  Prodinger, Birgit ^a   Weise, Andrea P ^b   Shaw, Lynn ^a   Stamm, Tanja A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Centre Valens   (Switzerland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Consensus method; Contextual factors; Disability and health; International classification of functioning; Patient perspective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; AUSTRIA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL LIFE; SWITZERLAND;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWITZERLAND; WORK;

EID: 72949114889     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903071883     Document Type: Article

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