Quality of life and emotional burden of primary caregivers: A case-control study of multiple sclerosis patients in Greece

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1663-1668

  Argyriou, Andreas A ^a   Karanasios, Panagiotis ^a   Ifanti, Amalia A ^b   Iconomou, Gregoris ^c   Assimakopoulos, Konstantinos ^c   Makridou, Alexandra ^a   Giannakopoulou, Fotini ^c   Makris, Nicolaos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Education; Health related quality of life; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84355163120     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9899-2     Document Type: Article

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