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. 2009 Oct-Dec;12(4):296–306. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.58273

Table 1.

Aspects of an education program for people with multiple sclerosis[72]

Personal Concerns
 What can I expect?
 Is my life in danger?
 How did I get this disease?
 Can I give it anyone else (contagious, genetics)?
 Are there parts of me I can trust?
Medical information
 What can I do to stay healthy?
 What treatments are available to decrease the disease?
 How do I evaluate treatments-established and claimed?
 What medical resources can I take advantage of?
 What are the rationales and side effects of symptomatic treatments?
 What new physical skills do I need?
 When do I call my health care providers for help?
Adjustment skills
 What makes me wothwhile if I cannot do what I used to do?
 How do I ask for help without becoming dependent?
 How do I communicate my feelings and concerns to others?
 Why should I work so hard when I may get worse anyway?
 How do I cope with this disease over the next fifty years?
Realistic life planning
 What community resources are available to me?
 What kind of work can I do?
 Should I have any more children?
 What will I do if I become bedridden?
 What will I do if I become wheelchair bound?
 What will I do if I become unable to walk very far?
 What will I do if I become unable to jog?
 What will I do if I become nothing different from what I am now?