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- Title
Sense of Coherence and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: The Role of Physical and Neurological Disability.
- Authors
Dymecka, Joanna; Gerymski, Rafał; Tataruch, Rafał; Bidzan, Mariola
- Abstract
Multiple sclerosis is a progressive demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that can lead to permanent disability and significantly impact the quality of life. The present study explores the relationship between neurological disability and disease symptoms, quality of life, and the level of sense of coherence, which is an important resource for coping with the disease. EDSS, GNDS, SOC-29, and MSIS-29 were used in the presented study. The study group consisted of 137 people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The study showed the correlation between most of the analyzed variables. Mood disability and fatigue were significant predictors of the sense of coherence and explained 34% of its variance. Physical disability and fatigue served as significant predictors of the physical aspect of quality of life, explaining 49% of its variance. Fatigue and sense of coherence were significant predictors of the psychological aspect of quality of life, explaining 47% of the variance. In studies on a group of people with multiple sclerosis, it is worth considering, in addition to the level of disability, also invisible symptoms, such as fatigue or mood disability, which are important for the quality of life and the level of resources. As this study suggests, a sense of coherence is a resource essential for the quality of life of people with disabilities.
- Subjects
SENSE of coherence; DISABILITIES; MULTIPLE sclerosis; QUALITY of life; CENTRAL nervous system diseases; PEOPLE with disabilities; CANCER fatigue; CENTRAL nervous system viral diseases
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 6, p1716
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm11061716