MS hospital stays varied by season in a national study
Key Takeaway
Hospital stays for MS varied by season in a US study, but the abstract does not say which months had more stays.
What They Found
Researchers compared monthly hospital stay rates for MS and 13 other brain and nerve conditions. Several ways of checking the data found seasonal changes in MS hospital stays. Results differed across the methods used to check for seasonal patterns. One method found seasonal changes for all the conditions studied, but another check confirmed the pattern only for meningitis. The abstract does not say which months had more MS hospital stays.
Who Should Care and Why
This study examined US hospital stays for people with MS and other brain and nerve conditions. It looked at hospital stays, not everyone living with these conditions. The MS finding may interest people who track how the disease changes over time. Researchers compared monthly rates across 14 conditions, so the study was not focused only on MS. The findings show a seasonal pattern in MS hospital stays, but they do not explain its cause.
Important Considerations
You cannot tell from this abstract which season had the most MS hospital stays. The researchers used hospital records from 2016 to 2018, but the abstract does not give a count of people or stays. You also cannot tell whether the seasonal pattern reflects changes in MS itself or in hospital care.
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