Demographic and clinical factors associated with changes in employment in multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1647-1654

  Moore, Phil ^a,b   Harding, Katharine E ^b,c   Clarkson, Hannah ^c   Pickersgill, Trevor P ^c   Wardle, Mark ^c   Robertson, Neil P ^b,c  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disability; Employment; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885748383     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513481396     Document Type: Article

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