Association Between Self-Administered Expanded Disease Severity Scale (Edss) and Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (Msis-29): Results from The Burden of Illness In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis In Finland (Defense) Study.
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• As described in more detail in Ruutiainen et al. (2015), 553 Finnish persons with MS (PwMS) drawn from the membership register of the national patient society completed a postal survey, which aimed at determining the economic and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) burden of MS in Finland. • Survey questionnaire included self-administered EDSS and MSIS-29. EDSS score ranges from 0 to 9 and MSIS-29 from 0 to 100. Higher scores imply more severe disease burden. Figure 1. Distribution of PwMS across EDSS categories.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
دوره 18 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015