@article{ref1,
title="Participation as an Outcome in Multiple Sclerosis Falls-Prevention Research: Consensus Recommendation from the International MS Falls Prevention Research Network",
journal="International journal of MS care",
year="2014",
author="Finlayson, Marcia and Peterson, Elizabeth and Matsuda, Patricia N.",
volume="16",
number="4",
pages="171-177",
abstract="Selecting the outcomes for an intervention trial is a key decision that influences many other aspects of the study design. One of the major tasks during the 3-day inaugural meeting of the International MS Falls Prevention Research Network was to identify the key outcomes for the falls-prevention intervention that was being designed by the Network members for testing across their multiple sites. Through a nominal group process, meeting participants described how engagement in important, meaningful everyday activities, beyond traditional basic and instrumental activities of daily living, should be a long-term outcome of a successful falls-prevention intervention for people with MS. Post-meeting work, which involved literature reviews and comparisons of definitions of major constructs identified during the meeting discussions, led to the consensus recommendation of including participation as a long-term outcome in MS falls-prevention interventions. Participation reflects involvement in a life situation. This article explains the rationale for this recommendation and presents four measures that have the potential for use in tracking long-term participation outcomes in MS falls-prevention research.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1537-2073",
doi="10.7224/1537-2073.2014-053",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2014-053"
}