Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples, Italy.
Neurological Institute for Diagnosis and Care "Hermitage Capodimonte," Naples, Italy.
Neurodegener Dis Manag. 2022 Feb;12(1):9-14. doi: 10.2217/nmt-2021-0045. Epub 2022 Feb 3.
WHAT IS THIS SUMMARY ABOUT?: This is a plain language summary of an article originally published in the journal Frontiers in Neurology. People with multiple sclerosis (often shortened to MS) may have concerns about pregnancy and fertility. To understand more about these concerns, 332 people with MS in the USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain took a survey with questions about how they made family planning decisions.
WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?: Most of the survey participants (around 82%) were women. The survey found that people with MS were less likely to have children than people without MS. Over half (56%) of people with MS said the disease impacted their family planning decisions in some way, almost one quarter (22%) significantly changed their plans for the timing of their pregnancy or number of children, and 14% decided against having children. For almost 4 out of 5 (81%) people with MS the main source of family planning information was healthcare professionals.
WHAT DO THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY MEAN?: Overall, MS significantly impacted patients' decisions about family planning.
这是一篇发表在《神经前沿》杂志上的文章的通俗语言摘要。多发性硬化症（通常简称为 MS）患者可能会对怀孕和生育能力感到担忧。为了更深入地了解这些担忧，来自美国、英国、法国、德国、意大利和西班牙的 332 名 MS 患者参与了一项调查，其中包括他们如何做出计划生育决策的问题。
调查结果如何？大多数（约 82%）调查参与者为女性。调查发现，MS 患者比没有 MS 的患者更不可能生育。超过一半（56%）的 MS 患者表示，该疾病以某种方式影响了他们的计划生育决策，近四分之一（22%）的人明显改变了怀孕时间或孩子数量的计划，而 14%的人则决定不生孩子。对于近 4 个中的 5 个（81%）MS 患者来说，计划生育信息的主要来源是医疗保健专业人员。
这项研究的结果意味着什么？总的来说，MS 显著影响了患者对计划生育的决策。
