Experiences of UK health-care services for people with Multiple Sclerosis: a systematic narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, degenerative condition with an estimated UK prevalence of 100 000. Contact with health-care services is frequent and long-term; however, little research has investigated the experiences of health care for MS in the UK.

Objective

The aim of this systematic narrative review was to critically review qualitative studies reporting patients' experiences of health-care services in the UK.

Search strategy

EMBASE, CINAHL, Medline, psychINFO and MS Society databases were searched with no date restrictions using search terms denoting 'Multiple Sclerosis', 'health-care services', 'patient', 'experience' and 'qualitative research'. Snowballing and hand searching of journals were used.

Inclusion criteria

Studies were included

SUBMITTER: Methley AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810635 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature