About the Authors

Tracey J. Weiland

Tracey.Weiland@svhm.org.au

Affiliations Emergency Practice Innovation Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (St Vincent’s Hospital), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

George A. Jelinek

Affiliations Emergency Practice Innovation Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (St Vincent’s Hospital), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Claudia H. Marck

Affiliation Emergency Practice Innovation Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Emily J. Hadgkiss

Affiliation Emergency Practice Innovation Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Dania M. van der Meer

Affiliation Emergency Practice Innovation Centre, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Naresh G. Pereira

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Notre Dame University, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Keryn L. Taylor

Affiliations Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (St Vincent’s Hospital), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

Dr. Taylor and Professor Jelinek conduct residential retreats for people with multiple sclerosis, some of whom may have participated in this study; Prof. Jelinek receives royalties for his book “Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis”. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJ TW CM EJH NP DvdM. Performed the experiments: EJH NP GJ TW CM. Analyzed the data: TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJH NP GJ. Wrote the paper: TW GJ CM EJH DvdM NP KT. Provided advice on statistical analyses: CM.