Providing Emotional Support During the Process of Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis (PrEliMS): A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an emotional support programme for newly diagnosed people with multiple sclerosis.

Design

Three-arm, mixed methods, randomised controlled trial comparing usual care, versus usual care plus nurse-specialist support, versus usual care plus nurse-specialist support plus peer support.

Participants

Community-dwelling adults within two years of diagnosis or undergoing diagnosis.

Interventions

PrEliMS involves information provision, emotional support, and strategies and techniques based on psychoeducation, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles, supportive listening. One version of the intervention was provided by nurse-specialists alone and the other was provided by nurse-specialists plus peer s

SUBMITTER: das Nair R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11528975 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature