Social consequences of multiple sclerosis: Clinical and demographic predictors - a historical prospective cohort study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1346-1351

  Pfleger, C C H ^a   Flachs, E M ^b,c   Koch Henriksen, N ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Demographic predictors; Disability pension; Early retirement; Multiple sclerosis; Occupational status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ONSET AGE; PENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE OF ONSET; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PENSIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETIREMENT;

EID: 77955319200     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03020.x     Document Type: Article

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