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First stage of Sonya Slifka study completed. (National MS Society News).


The Sonya Slifka Longitudinal lon·gi·tu·di·nal
adj.
Running in the direction of the long axis of the body or any of its parts.
 Multiple Sclerosis multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord (a process called demyelination), resulting in damaged areas  Study, the first study to follow a nationally representative sample of the MS community over a long period of time, has completed recruitment. The study was initiated in 1999 through a multiyear Health Care Delivery and Policy Research contract from the Society to Dr. Sarah Minden and her colleagues at Abt Associates, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation).
Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States.
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Initial data from the more than 2,000 people in the study suggest that the study participants closely resemble the population of Americans with MS.

* The average age of participants is 49.7 years.

* They have been diagnosed with MS for an average of 12.5 years.

* The sample is 77% female and 92% Caucasian.

* 43% of the participants were employed at the time of the baseline interview.

* 67% are married, 15% are single, and 18% are divorced or separated.

* It is a well-educated group, with 96% having at least a high school education.

Roughly half of the participants currently take one of the disease-modifying drugs (Avonex, 24%; Copaxone, 14%; and Betaseron, 12%).

Over time, the data generated in this study will help the researchers understand aspects of prognosis prognosis /prog·no·sis/ (prog-no´sis) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disorder.prognos´tic

prog·no·sis
n. pl. prog·no·ses
1.
, clinical course, economic status, employment, quality of life, and how these aspects interrelate in·ter·re·late  
tr. & intr.v. in·ter·re·lat·ed, in·ter·re·lat·ing, in·ter·re·lates
To place in or come into mutual relationship.



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Title Annotation:Sonya Slifka Longitudinal Multiple Sclerosis Study
Publication:Inside MS
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Date:Jan 1, 2002
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