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ArticleNeurodegenerative disease management2022

Family planning in people with multiple sclerosis: a plain language summary.

Simona Bonavita, Luigi Lavorgna, Hilary Worton, Dominic Jack

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Article in Neurodegenerative disease management, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Simona BonavitaDepartment of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples, Italy.
Luigi LavorgnaDepartment of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples, Italy.
Hilary WortonAequus Research, London, UK.
Dominic JackMerck Serono Ltd., Feltham, UK, an affiliate of Merck KGaA.
Merck (United Kingdom) · GBUbiquitous Energy (United States) · USUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

What is this summary about?: This is a plain language summary of an article originally published in the journal Frontiers in Neurology. People with multiple sclerosis (often shortened to MS) may have concerns about pregnancy and fertility. To understand more about these concerns, 332 people with MS in the USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain took a survey with questions about how they made family planning decisions. What were the results?: Most of the survey participants (around 82%) were women. The survey found that people with MS were less likely to have children than people without MS. Over half (56%) of people with MS said the disease impacted their family planning decisions in some way, almost one quarter (22%) significantly changed their plans for the timing of their pregnancy or number of children, and 14% decided against having children. For almost 4 out of 5 (81%) people with MS the main source of family planning information was healthcare professionals. What do the results of the study mean?: Overall, MS significantly impacted patients' decisions about family planning.

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Family Planning ServicesMultiple SclerosisChildFemaleGermanyHumansLanguagePregnancySurveys and Questionnairesfamily planningmultiple sclerosisplain language summarypregnancysurvey

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PMID35112573
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