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Using Patient-Reported Outcomes To Improve the Care of People With Multiple Sclerosis

CompletedNA

Sponsor: University of Alberta

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis, Anxiety, Depression, Patient Satisfaction

Interventions: Intensive Use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures and Open PROM Availability to Treating Neurologist, Conservative Use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures and Blinded PROM Availability to Treating Neurologist

Countries: Canada

The proposed trial is a prospective, randomized (1:1) trial plan examining whether more routine and frequent measurement of Patient Related Outcome Measures (PROMs) in the care of patients with MS improves patient depression and anxiety outcomes in addition to patient care satisfaction. The investigators plan to randomize people with MS (PwMS) to an intensive arm of filling out patient reported outcome measures every 6 months, with communication to their neurologist about their scores, versus a control arm, where participants fill out patient reported outcomes less frequently (annually) and their scores are not released to their MS Clinic/Neurologist. The primary outcome is to see if more frequent PROM completion leads to less depression and anxiety for people with MS. The investigators also plan to measure their satisfaction of care with their MS Clinic/neurologist and satisfaction in a shared decision-making process. Whether this improves care in patients with MS is currently unknown, and the investigators want to explore this with the current study. The investigators plan to randomize people with MS (PwMS) to an intensive arm of filling out patient reported outcome measures every 6 months, with communication to their neurologist about their scores, versus a control arm, where participants fill out patient reported outcomes less frequently (annually) and their scores are not released to their MS Clinic/Neurologist. The primary outcome is to see if more frequent PROM completion leads to less anxiety for people with MS. The investigators also plan to measure their satisfaction of care with their MS Clinic/neurologist and satisfaction in a shared decision-making process.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Persons with multiple sclerosis \[relapsing-remitting, secondary progressive, primary progressive, etc.\] being managed by a Northern or Central Alberta-based neurologist.
* Able/willing to complete informed consent and the questionnaires.
* Able to use a computer.
* Greater or equal to the age of 18 years old.
* English-speaking.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unwilling/unable to provide consent.
* Unwilling/unable to complete the questionnaires.
* Does not speak English.
* Under the age of 18.
* Has a central nervous system inflammatory disorder other than MS.
* PwMS not being managed by the participating neurologist (a neurologist practicing in Northern and Central Alberta).

Locations (1)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada