Evaluating the impact of patient-reported outcome measures on depression and anxiety levels in people with multiple sclerosis: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease affecting multiple functional aspects of patients' lives. Depression and anxiety are common amongst persons with MS (PwMS). There has been an interest in utilizing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to capture and systematically assess patient's perceptions of their MS experience in addition to other clinical measures, but PROMs are not usually collected in routine clinical practice. Therefore, this study aims to systematically incorporate periodic electronically administered PROMs into the care of PwMS to evaluate its effects on depression and anxiety.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial will be conducted with patients allocated 1:1 to either intervention or conservative treatment groups. Patients in the inter

SUBMITTER: Chu NY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9893570 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature