Rate of Adherence to Neuropsychological Evaluation Recommendations

Background: Patients with multiple sclerosis who undergo neuropsychological evaluation are given recommendations based on test findings. To date, no research has evaluated rates of adherence to recommendations given following neuropsychological evaluation in the MS population.

Objectives: The current study seeks to identify the adherence rates and types of recommendations followed after neuropsychological evaluation.

Methods: Patients seen at a tertiary MS center in Teaneck, NJ who underwent neuropsychological testing between January 2015 and December 2016 will be contacted for a brief phone interview which will ask information regarding adherence to the given recommendations. 

Results: (Study is work in progress) It is hypothesized that a significant portion of recommendations will not be adhered to. Analyses will be conducted to assess which recommendations are most likely to be followed.

Conclusions: (Study is work in progress) Given the lack of research on adherence rates in MS, this will be a novel study. Should significant non-adherence rates be found, additional analyses may indicate what factors prevent patients from adhering and which recommendations are likely to be followed. Future research will be able to target interventions to increase adherence rates.