ArticleInternational journal of MS care
Identifying Barriers to and Facilitators of Health Service Access Encountered by Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis.
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- Development and Usability of MSafe: A Fall Risk Application for Older Adults with Multiple Sclerosis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Barriers to dental service access for individuals with multiple sclerosis: a scoping review.BMC oral health · 2025Article
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- Challenges in monitoring the quality of care in multiple sclerosis.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
- Early use of high-efficacy therapies in multiple sclerosis in the United States: benefits, barriers, and strategies for encouraging adoption.Journal of neurology · 2024Review
- Insights for Healthcare Providers on Shared Decision-Making in Multiple Sclerosis: A Narrative Review.Neurology and therapy · 2024Review
- Comparing the effects of smartphone-based and face-to-face education on the quality of life and coping skills among patients with multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- No Evidence of Disease Activity (NEDA) as a Clinical Assessment Tool for Multiple Sclerosis: Clinician and Patient Perspectives [Narrative Review].Neurology and therapy · 2023Review
- First Insights into Barriers and Facilitators from the Perspective of Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: A Multiple Case Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Barriers to clinical follow-up visits in multiple sclerosis: A nationwide register-based study.Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinicalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) can be diverse, complex, and progressive, creating a need for frequent and long-standing health care services. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify the barriers people with MS encounter when attempting to access multidisciplinary health services and the reported facilitators for better access to health services.
methodsThe MEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL databases were searched, without date or geographic restrictions, using the following terms:
resultsFive main themes were identified as barriers and facilitators to accessing health services: 1) information (information available to people with MS, health care provider knowledge of and familiarity with MS), 2) interactions (interactions between health care providers and people with MS, social networks and support of people with MS, collaboration among health care providers), 3) beliefs and skills (personal values and beliefs, perceived time to travel to and attend appointments, and self-assessment of symptoms and needs of people with MS), 4) practical considerations (wait times, physical barriers, affordability of services), and 5) nature of MS (complexity and unpredictability of disease symptoms).
conclusionsPeople with MS and their health care providers may benefit from structured and comprehensive MS-specific education to address barriers to accessing health care services. The education can ultimately facilitate the process of addressing unmet health care needs and contribute to a greater quality of life for people with MS.
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