Machado, Alejandra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8957-661X
Dervish, Jessica https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6544-6888
Friberg, Emilie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7874-4243
Funding for this research was provided by:
Karolinska Institute
Article History
Received: 25 November 2025
Accepted: 6 March 2026
First Online: 11 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by a local ethics committee, specifically the Swedish Ethical Review Authority (Dnr 2020–04996). All participants in the survey provided informed consent by submitting the completed questionnaire. Individuals with MS included in the Swedish MS Registry had previously provided consent to their neurologist for their data to be entered into the registry for both clinical and research purposes. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: AM: previous salary funded partly by unrestricted research grants from Biogen as well as from Celgene/Bristol-Myers Squibb. JD: salary funded partly by unrestricted research grants from Celgene/Bristol-Myers Squibb. EF: salary funded partly by an unrestricted research grant from Biogen and has received unrestricted research grants from Celgene/Bristol-Myers Squibb, honoraria for serving on advisory board for Sanofi, and speaker’s fees from Merck and Sanofi.