People with multiple sclerosis report significantly worse symptoms and health related quality of life than the US general population as measured by PROMIS and NeuroQoL outcome measures

Individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) report fatigue, pain, depression, cognitive difficulties, and other symptoms. It is often difficult to compare symptoms across studies and populations because scales used to measure individual symptoms or quality of life indicators (QOLI) use different metrics and often do not provide norms. PROMIS and Neuro-QOL measures, developed with modern psychometric methods, use a common metric and provide population norms.

Source: Disability and Health Journal - April 20, 2017 Category: Disability Authors: Dagmar Amtmann, Alyssa M. Bamer, Jiseon Kim, Hyewon Chung, Rana Salem Source Type: research