Symptom management and adjustment of patients with multiple sclerosis: A 4-year longitudinal intervention study

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 102-117

  Wassem, Rebecca ^a   Dudley, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Nursing intervention; Psychosocial adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 85047692031     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773803238743     Document Type: Article

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