Developing ‘Nutrition and MS’ educational tool for healthcare professionals: Gathering healthcare professionals and people living with MS perspectives through separate co-design workshops
What is a co-design workshop? A collaborative session where your insights and ideas will help us design an educational tool on nutrition and MS for healthcare professionals. This is going to be a separate workshop for healthcare professionals and people living with MS. Why participate? Your experience and insights are invaluable. Together, we […]
Measuring mobility that matters to persons with multiple sclerosis: A co-design consumer engagement and Photovoice approach.
Through co-design and participatory action research we aim to establish which aspects of walking impact the participation in life activities of persons with multiple sclerosis and co-design walking outcomes that reflect the priorities of persons with multiple sclerosis. You will be asked to take photos of contexts where your walking impairment has impacted your ability […]
Exploring the perspectives of people with MS towards the integration of nutrition education within routine healthcare consultations
Healthcare professionals and the need to integrate nutrition care into routine MS Care.
Making it Personal: Identifying personalised triggers of fatigue in multiple sclerosis using N-of-1 studies
This research study aims to discover factors that worsen feelings of fatigue in people living with multiple sclerosis (MS). Most research studies explore topics like this using scientific approaches that report the average results of a large group of people, rather than focusing on identifying results for each individual. As a result, there is limited […]
Improving Bone Health in MS
This survey study aims to understand the current awareness and healthcare and lifestyle management of bone health, osteoporosis and fracture risk in people with MS. Participation is via completion of a 30 minute survey that can be accessed at the following link: https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0BLYJMYoHbL3uLk
Relationships between Objective Sleep, Mental Health, Fatigue, and Sleep Disorders in MS
People with MS commonly report having poor sleep. Not much is known about how fatigue, sleeping issues like insomnia, and mental health issues like depression or anxiety are related to sleep in people with MS. These are common symptoms in MS but are poorly understood in research and clinical practice. This research represents an important […]
Efficacy and Safety of Ofatumumab and Siponimod Compared to Fingolimod in Pediatric Patients With Multiple Sclerosis (NEOS)
Efficacy and safety of ofatumumab and siponimod compared to fingolimod in pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis
People with mobility-impairing neurological conditions perspectives about graduated compression stockings to prevent deep vein thrombosis.
This research aims to acquire information on the users’ needs around graduated compression stockings (GCS) and identify the drawbacks of current available GCS designs. Their difficulties in wearing, daily use, and the factors affecting the selection of the compression stockings, will be identified in the online survey and focus group using Zoom. To identify the […]
Living Well with MS – Invisible Symptoms, Health Routines and Digital Technology
This study will explore the strategies people with MS use to manage living with unpredictable (and often invisible) symptoms. It will ask about your experience with healthcare and explore how technology may help you manage your MS. The first phase of the project is this 10-minute survey. At the end of the survey, you will […]