Clinical Study
Integrating Caregiver Support into Multiple Sclerosis Care
Table 2
Benefits of participation reported by caregiver and person with MS.
| Benefit | M ± SDa |
| Caregiver | | Overall benefited from participating | 4.3 ± 1.2 | Feel more confident as a caregiver | 4.2 ± 0.9 | Improve ability to care for self | 4.0 ± 1.0 | Improve ability to care for person with MS | 4.2 ± 1.0 | Improve ability to assist person with MS with mobility and exercise | 3.6 ± 1.5 | How often person with MS completed exercise/stretching plan at home | 3.0 ± 1.3 | How often caregiver completed exercise/stretching plan at home | 2.8 ± 1.4 | Exercises helpful for mobility of person with MS | 3.6 ± 1.4 | Better understand MS and its effects on person with MS | 4.1 ± 1.2 | Feel more confident in dealing with these effects | 4.3 ± 0.9 | Better understand MS’s effects on caregiver | 4.0 ± 1.2 | Feel more confident in dealing with these effects | 4.3 ± 0.8 |
| Person with MS | | Overall benefited from participating (self) | 3.0 ± 1.3 | Caregiver benefited from participating | 3.8 ± 1.2 |
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