[Treatment of multiple sclerosis and quality of life].
BACKGROUND
At the present time, the treatments available for multiple sclerosis (MS) are only partially effective, often expensive and with side-effects. This means that there are other variables in the use of drugs which may affect the quality of life. In this respect, some treatments may maintain the patient's quality of life rather than improving it. The quality of life test may serve as an instrument or tool to compare different treatments and permit suitable optimization of the equilibrium between risk and benefit, and the possible relation to the cost of the illness. There is no universally accepted test for quality of life in MS.


CONCLUSIONS
We have tried to evaluate existing tests and find which best measures the specific aspects of quality of life in patients with MS.
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Ntra. Sra. de la Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España. mhernandezp@meditex.es
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D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires