Fatigue is recognized as one of the most frequent symptoms of MS and its impact on QoL of subjects is high. Fatigue in MS is sometimes considered as a prodromic symptom or as a peculiar symptom that must be differentiated from natural fatigue, pathological fatigue of other chronic diseases; as well as from fatigue caused by the excessive effort in case of gait disorder, spasticity or paresis. The origin of the fatigue symptom in MS is unknown and the cause is likely to be multifactorial. The evaluation of the fatigue is challenging, due to its variability and hence, scales such as Krupp's Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) has been developed for measuring MS fatigue.
OBJECTIVES
Primary objective:
* To determine the impact of fatigue on QoL of MS subjects in Argentina
Secondary objective:
* To evaluate correlation between FSS and disability, depression, demographic variables; and between FSS and the use of disease modifying drugs
* To determine the impact of depression and neurological disability on QoL of MS subjects in Argentina
The subjects will be managed with the clinical and therapeutic elements that the treating doctor considers appropriate, without modifying their decisions due to the subject inclusion into the study. The epidemiologic data required by this study will be collected by the investigator from the documents in which each subject visit is registered, whether programmed or not. Once the recruiting period of 12 months is over, the collection of data will continue during the full 24 months period for each subject. The closure of the study will be marked by the follow-up of the last subject who entered the study.
