Does attendance at the ECTRIMS congress impact on therapeutic decisions in multiple sclerosis care?
Saposnik, Gustavo (University of Zurich)
Maurino, Jorge (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Sempere, Angel P. (Hospital General Universitario de Alicante (Alacant, País Valencià))
Terzaghi, Maria A. (St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto)
Amato, Maria Pia (Università degli Studi di Firenze)
Montalban, Xavier (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina

Date:	2019
Abstract:	Conferences traditionally play an important role in the ongoing medical education of healthcare professionals. We assessed the influence of attending the ECTRIMS congress on therapeutic decision-making in multiple sclerosis (MS) care. A non interventional, cross-sectional study involving 96 neurologists was conducted. Treatment escalation when therapeutic goals were unmet and management errors related to tolerability and safety scenarios of MS therapies were tested using different case-scenarios. Attendance at ECTRIMS was associated with an increase likelihood of treatment escalation in the presence of clinical progression (cognitive decline) and radiological activity (OR 2. 44; 95% CI 1. 06-5. 82) and lower number of management errors (OR 0. 26; 95% CI 0. 07-0. 98). Attendance at ECTRIMS may facilitate therapeutic decisions and reduction in management errors in MS care.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Continuing medical education ; Management errors ; Behavioral economics ; Medical decisions ; Multiple sclerosis ; ECTRIMS
Published in:	Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical, Vol. 5 Núm. 1 (1-3 2019) , p. 205521731983522, ISSN 2055-2173

DOI: 10.1177/2055217319835226
PMID: 30911401

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