The economic impact of progressive neurological illness on quality of life in Australia McCabe, Marita P. and O'Connor, Elodie J. 2010, The economic impact of progressive neurological illness on quality of life in Australia, Journal of family and economic issues, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 82-89, doi: 10.1007/s10834-009-9177-4. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The economic impact of progressive neurological illness on quality of life in Australia Author(s) McCabe, Marita P. O'Connor, Elodie J. Journal name Journal of family and economic issues Volume number 31 Issue number 1 Start page 82 End page 89 Total pages 8 Publisher Springer New York LLC Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2010-03 ISSN 1058-0476 1573-3475 Summary The current study examined the impact of financial costs and self-reported economic pressure on the quality of life of patients with progressive neurological illness. Participants were 423 people from four illness groups in Australia. Participants completed measures of: 1. quality of life, 2. income, 3. expenses, 4. economic pressure, 5. social support, 6. relationship satisfaction, and 7. severity of illness. There was a strong negative association between quality of life and economic pressure (but not income or expenses) for all groups. Subjective assessment of economic pressure was strongly associated with quality of life for people with motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis. Implications of these results for assisting people with progressive neurological illnesses to cope with the financial changes that occur due to their illness are discussed. Language eng DOI 10.1007/s10834-009-9177-4 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920410 Mental Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, Springer Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30031236 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 17 Nov 2010, 13:28:20 EST Thu, 18 Nov 2010, 07:33:34 EST Thu, 18 Nov 2010, 09:18:50 EST Thu, 18 Nov 2010, 09:20:15 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2012, 10:52:59 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2012, 10:54:23 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 16:19:30 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:49:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 6 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 513 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 17 Nov 2010, 13:28:16 EST by Jane Moschetti