First Insights into Barriers and Facilitators from the Perspective of Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: A Multiple Case Study.

ABSTRACT: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a complex, lifelong disease. Its effects span across different areas of life and vary strongly. In Switzerland, there is an intense discussion on how to optimize quality of care and patient safety. Patients should be more involved in the management of health care to improve the quality of care from the patient's perspective and form a more comprehensive perspective. This multiple-case study explores the question of how persons with MS experience and describe functioning related barriers, facilitating factors, and ethically relevant conflicts. To address this from a comprehensive perspective, the MS core set of the International Classification for Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) is used as theoretical framework. To explore barriers, facilitators, and rel

SUBMITTER: Ott J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9518524 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature