Don't be late! Postponing cognitive decline and preventing early unemployment in people with multiple sclerosis: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Up to 65% of people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) develop cognitive deficits, which hampers their ability to work, participating in day-to-day life and ultimately reducing quality of life (QoL). Early cognitive symptoms are often less tangible to PwMS and their direct environment and are noticed only when symptoms and work functioning problems become more advanced, i.e., when (brain) damage is already advanced. Treatment of symptoms at a late stage can lead to cognitive impairment and unemployment, highlighting the need for preventative interventions in PwMS.

Aims

This study aims to evaluate the (cost-) effectiveness of two innovative preventative interventions, aimed at postponing cognitive decline and work functioning problems, compared to enhanced usual care i

SUBMITTER: Aarts J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10789039 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature