Does pain in individuals with multiple sclerosis affect employment? a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Shahrbanian, Shahnaz ^a,c   Auais, Mohammad ^a   Duquette, Pierre ^b   Anderson, Katie ^c   Mayo, Nancy E ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment; Multiple sclerosis; Pain; Productivity; Review; Work

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK CAPACITY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN;

EID: 84888219372     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/829464     Document Type: Review

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