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P1098 - Frequency and determinants of falls in persons with multiple sclerosis without a clinical disability (ID 1894)
Abstract
Background
Background: Falls are common in persons with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS) and lead to destructive results, specifically with increasing disability. However, there is only scarce data investigating falls rate and determinants of falls in pwMS without a clinical disability.
Objectives
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate frequency of falls and related factors in pwMS without a clinical disability.
Methods
Methods: One hundred and four pwMS with no clinical disability (EDSS≤1.5) recruited in this cross-sectional study. The outcome measures comprised of the Timed 25-Foot Walk (T25FW), Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT), Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), Multiple Sclerosis Walking Scale (MSWS-12), Single Leg Stance Test (SLS), Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS), and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). The number of falls during the last three months was recorded.
Results
Results: Twenty-five percent of the pwMS reported at least one fall in the last three months. The TUG, MSWS-12, and ABC scale were significant determinants of falling adjusted for the EDSS. The ABC scale was the best explanatory outcome for fall status (R2=0.323, p=0.001).
Conclusions
Conclusion: The present findings highlight that falls are an important problem for pwMS, even if they do not have a clinical disability. Therefore, falls prevention strategies are also required in the early stages of the disease in clinical practice. The ABC scale, MSWS-12, and TUG test can be used by the clinicians and researchers to predict potential fallers of the pwMS without a clinical disability.
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P1098 - Frequency and determinants of falls in persons with multiple sclerosis without a clinical disability (ID 1894)
Abstract
Background
Background: Falls are common in persons with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS) and lead to destructive results, specifically with increasing disability. However, there is only scarce data investigating falls rate and determinants of falls in pwMS without a clinical disability.
Objectives
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate frequency of falls and related factors in pwMS without a clinical disability.
Methods
Methods: One hundred and four pwMS with no clinical disability (EDSS≤1.5) recruited in this cross-sectional study. The outcome measures comprised of the Timed 25-Foot Walk (T25FW), Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT), Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), Multiple Sclerosis Walking Scale (MSWS-12), Single Leg Stance Test (SLS), Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS), and Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). The number of falls during the last three months was recorded.
Results
Results: Twenty-five percent of the pwMS reported at least one fall in the last three months. The TUG, MSWS-12, and ABC scale were significant determinants of falling adjusted for the EDSS. The ABC scale was the best explanatory outcome for fall status (R2=0.323, p=0.001).
Conclusions
Conclusion: The present findings highlight that falls are an important problem for pwMS, even if they do not have a clinical disability. Therefore, falls prevention strategies are also required in the early stages of the disease in clinical practice. The ABC scale, MSWS-12, and TUG test can be used by the clinicians and researchers to predict potential fallers of the pwMS without a clinical disability.