Functioning and disability in multiple sclerosis from the patient perspective

Chronic Illness

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-310

  Coenen, Michaela ^a,b   Basedow Rajwich, Birgit ^c   König, Nicolaus ^c   Kesselring, Jürg ^c   Cieza, Alarcos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ICF Research Branch in Cooperation   (Germany)

^c Marianne Strauss Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disability and Health; focus groups; International Classification of Functioning; Multiple sclerosis; patient perspective; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 82955207596     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742395311410613     Document Type: Article

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