Patients with multiple sclerosis in a war zone: Coping strategies associated with reduced risk for relapse

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-471

  Somer, Eli ^a   Golan, Daniel ^b   Dishon, Sara ^b   Cuzin Disegni, Limor ^b   Lavi, Idit ^b   Miller, Ariel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping; Multiple sclerosis; Relapse; Stress; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WAR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; ODDS RATIO; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 77954674177     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509358714     Document Type: Article

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