Employment status in multiple sclerosis: Impact of disease-specific and non-disease-specific factors

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1792-1799

  Krause, Ivonne ^a   Kern, Simone ^a   Horntrich, Antje ^a   Ziemssen, Tjalf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

early retirement; employment status; health locus of control; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EARLY RETIREMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84887530021     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458513485655     Document Type: Article

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