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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: improving care with a multidisciplinary approach

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, May 2017
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Title
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: improving care with a multidisciplinary approach
Published in
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, May 2017
DOI 10.2147/jmdh.s134992
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Authors

Anne Hogden, Geraldine Foley, Robert D Henderson, Natalie James, Samar M Aoun

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, leading to death within an average of 2-3 years. A cure is yet to be found, and a single disease-modifying treatment has had a modest effect in slowing disease progression. Specialized multidisciplinary ALS care has been shown to extend survival and improve patients' quality of life, by providing coordinated interprofessional care that seeks to address the complex needs of this patient group. This review examines the nature of specialized multidisciplinary care in ALS and draws on a broad range of evidence that has shaped current practice. The authors explain how multidisciplinary ALS care is delivered. The existing models of care, the role of palliative care within multidisciplinary ALS care, and the costs of formal and informal care are examined. Critical issues of ALS care are then discussed in the context of the support rendered by multidisciplinary-based care. The authors situate the patient and family as key stakeholders and decision makers in the multidisciplinary care network. Finally, the current challenges to the delivery of coordinated interprofessional care in ALS are explored, and the future of coordinated interprofessional care for people with ALS and their family caregivers is considered.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 250 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 39 16%
Student > Master 35 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 7%
Researcher 16 6%
Other 12 5%
Other 40 16%
Unknown 91 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 50 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 49 20%
Neuroscience 10 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 2%
Other 34 14%
Unknown 95 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 February 2023.
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#2,103,179
of 23,664,476 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
#66
of 867 outputs
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#40,868
of 311,855 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
#3
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