Campbell, Julie A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1820-6758
Henson, Glen J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1237-5710
Ngwa, Valery Fuh http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7531-7246
Ahmad, Hasnat http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2580-9856
Taylor, Bruce V. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2807-0070
van der Mei, Ingrid http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9009-7472
Palmer, Andrew J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-7891
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Funding for this research was provided by:
MS Australia (19-0702)
Australian Government MRFF (EPCD000008)
University of Tasmania
Article History
Accepted: 9 July 2024
First Online: 2 August 2024
Declarations
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: Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. This study was supported by Dr Julie Campbellās MS Australia Research Fellowship number 19-0702 and the Australian Government, Medical Research Future Fund, emerging priorities in consumer driven research, EPCD000008. The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest
: Concept and Design: Campbell, Henson, Fuh Ngw, Ahmad, Palmer; acquisition of data: Campbell, Fuh Ngwa, Palmer, Taylor, Ahmad; analysis and interpretation of data: Campbell, Henson, Fuh Ngwa, Taylor, van der Mei, Palmer; drafting of the manuscript: Campbell and Henson; critical revision of the paper for important intellectual content: all authors<i>;</i> provision of study materials or patients: Taylor and MS Base Australian Researchers; obtaining funding: Campbell, Taylor, van der Mei, Palmer; administrative, technical or logistical support: Fuh Ngwa; supervision: Campbell, Taylor, van der Mei, Palmer.
: The use of MSBase as a research platform was approved by the Melbourne Health Human Research Ethics Committee and by the local ethics committees in all participating centres (or exemptions were granted according to local laws and regulations).
: This study used MSBase registry data. Data approvals for access to the data used for this study can be sought through the corresponding authors who will then liaise with MSBase.