Multiple Sclerosis Nursing to Improve Care and Education (MSNICE): an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore differences in patient reported outcomes, health care resources and expenditures in persons with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) with or without access to an MS-nurse.

Methodology

An observational, multicenter and cross-sectional study was conducted. Seven centers with, and twelve centers without an MS-nurse participated. The multiple sclerosis impact scale-29 (MSIS-29) was the primary outcome measure. Secondary outcome measures included: hospital anxiety and depression scale, coping measures, health-economic and disease-knowledge parameters.

Results

Three hundred thirty-four pwMS were included, of which 196 had access to an MS-nurse. Mean age was 44.5 ± 11.4 and 69% were women. The median expanded disability status scale and patient determined disease

SUBMITTER: Van Hijfte L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11770908 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature