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November 18th 2019

Exploring the societal burden of multiple sclerosis

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Rodriguez-Rincon, Daniela, Parkinson, Sarah, Gkousis, Evangelos, Manville, Catriona, Pollard, Jack, Lichten, Catherine A., Leach, Brandi and Sussex, Jon
We looked at the non-clinical impacts of multiple sclerosis (MS) on the individual with MS, their carers and wider society, focusing on disease progression. We used a rapid evidence assessment and key informant interviews.

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Topics in this document

Family Coping (psychology) Psychology Health system Multiple sclerosis Caregiver Mental disorder Disability-adjusted life year Health care Major depressive disorder Social support Disease Anxiety disorder Research Health Employment Pound sterling Quality of life Presenteeism Quality-adjusted life year Grief Psychological resilience Disability Fatigue Productivity Psychosocial Caregiver burden Medical diagnosis Adolescence Welfare

Related SDGs

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Target 3.4

Reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being

Related COFOG Divisions

7: Health 7.5: R&D Health

Cites research funded by

NIHR (November 2024) 5 Multiple Sclerosis Society 7 University College London 3 MS Society UK 1 National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre 1 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust/Institute of Cancer Research 1 National Institute for Health and Care Research 2 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children 1 the MS Society UK 1 the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust 1 Foundation for the National Institutes of Health 1 Commission of the European Union 1 Spanish Health Research Agency 1 NIH (Special project, May 2022) 2 National Institutes of Health 3 European Commission 1 Bevica Fonden, Copenhagen, Denmark 1 Fonden af Fam. Kjærsgaard, Sunds, Denmark 1 F. Hoffmann-La Roche 1 AbbVie 2 Actelion Pharmaceuticals 1 Sanofi Genzyme 2 Biogen 12 Merck Serono 1 Novartis 1 Janssen Pharmaceuticals 1 Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland 1 Sanofi 5 Univerzita Karlova v Praze 1 Universität Basel 1 Multiple Sclerosis Trust 3 Karolinska Institutet 1 Università degli Studi di Firenze 1 Fundació Institut de Recerca Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron 1 Royal Holloway, University of London 1 Dalhousie University 1 VA Rehabilitation Research and Development 1 Rehabilitation Research and Development Service 1 Office of Research and Development 1 Alexion Pharmaceuticals 1 Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla 2 Genentech, Inc. 1 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers 1 Foundation of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers 1 The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers 1 Genentech 2 Roche 1 University of Alabama at Birmingham 1 Bundesministerium für Gesundheit 1 Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia 2 ... and others

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