Reasons Patients With Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Contact Their Specialist Nurses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Questions asked by patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) during patient-initiated MS nurse consultations may contain salient information that can help health care providers understand their needs, which, in turn, can help tailor counseling and treatment.

Methods

Records of all patients with PPMS visiting the MS center of a large teaching hospital in the Netherlands between January 2007 and January 2021 were studied retrospectively. Number and type (scheduled or patient initiated) of MS nurse consultations, reasons for consultations (in prespecified categories), and frequency of subsequent referrals were registered. Association between factors (living with partner, Expanded Disability Status Scale score, comorbidities, age, sex) and number of

SUBMITTER: van den Berg R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10779713 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature