2021 CMSC Annual Meeting

Poster-Quality of Life and Outcomes

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

Improving Health Outcomes of MS Patients during the Pandemic

Background: Living with MS has been particularly challenging during the pandemic; from the emotional and physical toll, to fears about...

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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-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

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

Gratitude, Perceived Stress, and Quality of Life Among Patients with MS

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by an unpredictable course of neurological symptoms that are thought to be exacerbated...

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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-Quality of Life and Outcomes

Patient Reported Outcomes from Pharmacist-Led Multiple Sclerosis Assessments in a Specialty Pharmacy Setting

Background: Disease-modifying therapy (DMT) has demonstrated benefits for patients in reducing relapse rates, disability progression, and...

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