Costs of Formal and Informal Home Care and Quality of Life for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Sweden

المؤلفون المشاركون

Svensson, Marianne
Fajutrao, Liberty

المصدر

Multiple Sclerosis International

العدد

المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2014-03-04

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

7

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Disease progression in multiple sclerosis leads to dramatic changes in a person's ability to perform daily activities and increases reliance on external help.

This study aims to describe and to estimate costs of formal/informal home care and quality of life related to multiple sclerosis.

A mailed survey to a random sample of MS sufferers ( n = 1500 ) collected data on the number of hours of home care received, type of help, productivity losses, quality of life, and disease characteristics.

Costs for home care were estimated in 2012 € and factors that may influence the likelihood of getting home care were also evaluated.

Formal care was given to 27% of the respondents ( n = 839 ) at an average of 238.7 hrs/month at a mean monthly cost of €2873/person with MS.

Informal care was received by 49% of the respondents at an average of 47.3 hrs/month at a mean monthly cost of €389/person with MS.

Utilities across disease severity are as follows: mild MS = 0.709 (sd = 0.233), moderate MS = 0.562 (sd = 0.232), and severe MS = 0.284 (sd = 0.283).

Total home care costs increased with increasing disease severity.

Informal caregiving contributes significantly to MS home care in Sweden.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Svensson, Marianne& Fajutrao, Liberty. 2014. Costs of Formal and Informal Home Care and Quality of Life for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Sweden. Multiple Sclerosis International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046601

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Svensson, Marianne& Fajutrao, Liberty. Costs of Formal and Informal Home Care and Quality of Life for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Sweden. Multiple Sclerosis International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046601

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Svensson, Marianne& Fajutrao, Liberty. Costs of Formal and Informal Home Care and Quality of Life for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Sweden. Multiple Sclerosis International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1046601

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1046601