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Thesis
Multiple Sclerosis: Implications For Practice
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
02/2002
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3814
Abstract
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disorder affecting the myelin sheaths of the central nervous system. People with MS live for decades with disease related disabilities despite the fact they have normal life spans. The disease has no known prevention and no cures, but the list of treatments continues to grow.
Multiple Sclerosis typically strikes between ages 15 and 50 with peak onset around age 30. Women are three times as likely to be affected as men. Between 250,000 and 350,000 people in the United States have MS. This article focuses on how practitioners can learn to recognize the essential features of MS, and to assist with diagnosis and treatment. Using the theoretical framework ofthe Health Belief Model (HBM), the manuscript will explain who is affected and how, what benefits and barriers are to the individual and practitioner toward making an accurate diagnosis, and the role of self-efficacy in assisting illness management and treatment of accurate, effective treatment. This article, focuses on how practitioners can learn to recognize the essential clinical laboratory and physiological features, to diagnose, and to treat Multiple Sclerosis. Current pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria and treatment approaches are described.
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- Title
- Multiple Sclerosis: Implications For Practice
- Creators
- Leslie S. Ruch
- Contributors
- Lorna Schumann (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590534801842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis