Qualitative findings highlight gaps in patient education, access to evidence-based interventions, and understanding of the experiences of people with multiple sclerosis and bladder and bowel dysfunction across cultures and health care systems.
Using prognostic factors beyond the EDSS may improve patient care and inform future trials in MS. Specifically, supplementing the EDSS with patient-reported physical measures, assessing fatigue, and using simultaneous cognitive and motor function testing may help in gauging MS disease progression.
There are numerous instruments used to measure stigma in people with MS, creating ambiguity about different stigma types and their definitions and complicating the ability to generalize study findings.
This paper describes participant outreach and recruitment strategies for an ongoing, remotely delivered, culturally tailored exercise training program for African American individuals with multiple sclerosis.
There is insufficient bone health risk assessment, screening, and management; there is also an absence of health care and lifestyle self-management information about the risk and prevention of poor bone health for people with multiple sclerosis.
Vibration training could be an effective means to improve physical and cognitive functions and quality of life in individuals with multiple sclerosis.