Listening to the neurological teams for multiple sclerosis: the SMART project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Aim of the research was to define the quality of life of Italian neurologists and nurses' professional caring for multiple sclerosis, to understand their living the clinical practice and identify possible signals of compassion fatigue.

Material and methods

One hundred five neurologists and nurses from 30 Italian multiple sclerosis centres were involved in an online quali-quantitative survey on the organization of care, combined with the Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue Test and a collection of narratives. Descriptive statistics of the quantitative data were integrated with the results obtained by the narrative medicine methods of analysis.

Results

Most of the practitioners were neurologists, 46 average years old, 69% women, 43% part time dedicated to mult

SUBMITTER: Chesi P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7224035 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature