Non-compliance with disease modifying therapies in patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A qualitative analysis.

Background: Factors associated with adherence to disease modifying therapies (DMT) in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been reported before, but little has been studied on compliance to a physician's initial treatment recommendations. The objective of this study was to assess the factors associated with compliance to physician recommended treatment in treatment-naïve patients with MS.

Methods: We studied a cohort of patients with MS followed at an academic MS center in Toronto, Canada between January 2015 and May 2018.