About the Authors
- Tracey J. Weiland
-
* E-mail: 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.