[PDF] Top 20 Cost analysis of multiple sclerosis in Brazil: a cross sectional multicenter study

... This study can make an important contribution to the existing MS literature in Brazil once it provided a broader analysis of the economic and psychosocial impacts of MS on patients, their families ... See full document

... Conclusion MS is a highly prevalent disease worldwide and in the American population. As there is currently no cure for MS, there is a need for identifying and promoting alternative treatment options. Physical activity ... See full document

... Moreover, our data confirmed that there seems to be no influence of retirement period on the data as confirmed by the statistical analysis on duration of retirement and job importance/ job satisfaction. ... See full document

... Data were expressed as the means/standard deviations or the medians/ranges, depending on the parametric or non-parametric distribution of the variable. Associations between the QoL scores and continuous variables (fati- ... See full document

... angiography. Cross-sectional areas were computed for the common carotid/internal carotid arteries, vertebral arteries, and internal jugular veins for all slices between the C3 and C7 cervical ... See full document

... current study and they are as follows. The cross-sectional study design allows the detection of association between the variables at a single point in time, but limits causal ...inferences. ... See full document

... our study group the role of educational status has given its place to family ...final analysis, positivity of family history for MS signifies a much easier acceptance and adjustment of a new MS case (theory ... See full document

... regression analysis was performed, including all independent variables, with a standard- ized beta p- value of ...regression analysis was found by screening a correl- ation matrix of all included variables ... See full document

... that study also revealed significant correlations between SLCLA and the PCS of SF36 in a sub-cohort of 115 ...our study, SLCLA did not predict QoL as determined by SF36, a difference that cannot be ... See full document

... recent study investi- gating auditory-based cognitive tests ...a study by Toledo and colleagues, which has shown strong correlation between RNFL thickness and cogni- tive impairment ... See full document

... our analysis, it was not possible to distinguish whether comorbidities were present prior to the diagnosis of MS being applied, or occurred ...to study comorbidity in people in MS, and like all routine data ... See full document

... Our study has ...the study was ...The study sample was relatively small, espe- cially for the SPMS group, which had only 15 ...the analysis was performed at the level of individual LMCE foci ... See full document

... Results: Forty-four PwMS were classified as suffering from fatigue (mean MFIS = 52.0, S.D = 13.7); 80 were classified as non-fatigued (mean MFIS = 14.5, S.D = 14.5). Individuals in the fatigued group walked slower than ... See full document

... The DRB1*15:01 allele is a strong genetic risk factor for MS in Caucasians and has been associated with earlier age at onset [4] and OB positivity [41]. In the present study, DRB1*15:01 was associated with CSF IgG ... See full document

... at multiple centers by using different vendors’ scanners would facilitate patient recruitment and shorten the duration of OA ...This study investigates whether quantitative MR assessments of cartilage ... See full document

... The cost of DMTs are however, not ...average cost of €22,000 (O’Connell et ...This study is cross-sectional in nature and therefore we cannot determine the direction of these ... See full document

... a study with a larger sample may be planned to unravel this ...followed study design was cross-sectional, we could not examine the isolated effect of antidepressant therapy on either of the ... See full document

... pilot study, we obtained MRI scans from the first 10 subjects at each site (60 subjects total) who met the follow- ing inclusion criteria: 1) Diagnosis of RRMS and onset under 18 years using the International ... See full document

... In a series of papers published by Prosperini et al., postur- ography scores of PwMS undergoing an MRI were found related to atrophy along the connections between the spinal cord, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. [11, ... See full document

... METHODS Participants Clinical research groups of the Korean Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (KSPEN) recruited a total of 25 hospitals (19 tertiary hospitals and 6 secondary hospitals). The size of the ... See full document