Calling people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to participate in a large online international study on lifestyle factors in MS! At Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis (OMS), we are committed to determining what lifestyle factors contribute to the progression of MS. In 2012 we commenced a major international research project to examine this, recruiting approximately 2,500 people with MS (PwMS). The study is approved by St Vincent’s Human Research Ethics Committee in Australia. Many scientific articles have been published from the 2012 survey, showing interesting associations between lifestyle interventions and health outcomes. You can find more information about these publications and the study on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HOLISMresearch. We intend to follow this group every 2.5 years to see if there is a relationship between changes in these lifestyle factors and the health of the group. We will analyse this information to determine which factors best predict the health of PwMS and share this information with the scientific and MS communities. In addition, we seek to enrol more PwMS to expand our group size. If you have completed the survey in 2012 we encourage you to do so again (unless you have already completed your 2014/15 follow up in the last three months). If you have not completed the survey before and have been diagnosed with MS, and are over 18 years of age we invite you to participate in this important research. To complete the survey please follow the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HOLISM2NEW


HOLISM research

The HOLISM study looks at lifestyle, medication use and other factors and associated health outcomes in people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) worldwide.