Abstracts

Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Integrating User Experience Improves Participant Engagement: A Co-Design Initiative in the Multiple Sclerosis Continuous Quality Improvement (MS-CQI) Improvement Research Collaborative.

Background: MS-CQI is the first multi-center improvement research collaborative for MS care. MS-CQI was a three-year study (2018-2020) to...

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Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Examining Fatigue in Progressive MS: Results from a Qualitative Study and Review of PRO Measures

Background: Although fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and several patient-reported outcome (PRO)...

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Poster-Psychosocial Factors

Association of Lifestyle Physical Activity with Physical and Cognitive Fatigue in Individuals with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Fatigue is one of the most common and disabling symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Participation in physical activity is...

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Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Multiple Sclerosis: The Relationship of Cognitive Impairment and Self-Efficacy of Medication Management

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease for which there are multiple disease modifying therapies and symptomatic...

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Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Fatigue Evolution for Patients without Relapses on the Fsiq-RMS Symptoms Domain

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that results in progressive and...

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Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Assessing Presence of MS-Related Symptoms As a Proxy for Disease Severity in Multiple Sclerosis Using Administrative Claims Data

Background: Healthcare claims data lack clinically relevant variables such as disease severity. Objectives: Assess multiple sclerosis...

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Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Assessing Patient-Reported Outcomes and Pharmacist Interventions in Multiple Sclerosis within an Integrated Care Center

Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) responses can be used to measure patients’ health status, functioning, quality of life, and...

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Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Clinical and Economic Impact of Employees Who Are Care Partners of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Historically, there has been limited research on care partners of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Employers, health care...

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Poster-Psychosocial Factors

COVID-19 Impact on Loneliness and Rates of Depression and Anxiety in Individuals with MS

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a decline in mental health, due to the stress imposed by direct effects (e.g., loss of...

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Poster-Psychosocial Factors

Cognitive Fatigability and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Persons with Advanced Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Fatigue, both physical and cognitive, is one of the most prevalent and disabling symptoms experienced by persons with multiple...

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