The Multiple Sclerosis Care Unit
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
Documents
- The Multiple Sclerosis Care Unit
Final published version, 756 KB, PDF document
Treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) has become increasingly multifaceted and comprises not only a variety of disease-modifying drugs with different mechanism of action but also a wide range of symptomatic therapies. Today, it is not possible for the family physician or even many general neurologists to master the current treatment algorithm, and this calls for the establishment of multidisciplinary MS Care Units. The core of the MS Care Unit would, in addition to MS neurologists and nurses, typically comprise neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and secretaries, and will work together with a group of different specialists on formalized diagnostic workup procedures, protocols for initiation and follow-up of disease-modifying therapies. It is obvious that the terms of performance of different MS Care Units will vary across regions and need to be balanced with clinical practice according to local conditions. Although the main objective for establishment of MS Care Units will be to offer the single MS patient seamless and correct management of the disease to increase patient satisfaction and quality of life, it may even be cost-effective for the society by maintaining the working ability and reducing the costs of home help and custodial care by keeping people with MS resourceful.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Journal | Multiple Sclerosis Journal |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 627-636 |
ISSN | 1352-4585 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2019 |
- Multiple sclerosis, multiple sclerosis care, multiple sclerosis disease-modifying therapy, multiple sclerosis multidisciplinary management, multiple sclerosis symptomatic treatment, multiple sclerosis treatment
Research areas
Number of downloads are based on statistics from Google Scholar and www.ku.dk
ID: 241102926