ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis in Russia: problems and needs of patients, assessment of the quality of medical care through the eyes of patients and specialists
1 International Centre for Education and Research in Neuropsychiatry, Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia
2 Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia
3 Center of Humanitarian technologies and research «Social Dynamics», Samara, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Arseny Ya. Gayduk
ul. Chapayevskaya, 89, Samarskaya obl., g. Samara, 443099, Russia; a. moc.liamg@kudyag.j
Author contribution: Gayduk AI — collection, systematization and analysis of data from academic literature, text authoring, manuscript formalization; Churakov MV, Polyarnaya N. G., Sineok EV — collection, processing and analysis of socio-d emographic and clinical data; Vlasov YaV — idea, research documentation formalization and registration, manuscript editing and revision, text improvement, final approval of the manuscript for publication.
Compliance with the ethical standards: this study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Yaroslavl State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia (minutes #21 of February 8, 2018). Each participant signed and submitted the voluntary informed consent form. Adult participants filled out questionnaires voluntarily. The conducted study does not endanger the participants and complies with the biomedical ethics requirements.
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