Comparison of Physician Therapeutic Inertia for Management of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis in Canada, Argentina, Chile, and Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is growing interest in understanding and addressing factors that govern the decision-making process in multiple sclerosis (MS) care. Therapeutic inertia (TI) is the failure to escalate therapy when goals are unmet. Limited data are available on the prevalence of TI and factors affecting therapeutic decisions in the management of patients with MS worldwide.

Objectives

To compare TI across 4 countries (Canada, Argentina, Chile, and Spain) and to identify factors contributing to TI.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective cohort study conducted between July 10, 2017, and May 4, 2018. Participants were exposed to behavioral experiments in which instruments were used to assess their risk preferences (eg, aversion to ambiguity) and therapeutic decisio

SUBMITTER: Almusalam N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6647550 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature