Executive Functions and Self-Efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

This study aimed to compare executive functions and self-efficacy in patients with Multiple Sclerosis to healthy individuals. One hundred patients who have had the disease at least for 5 years were selected randomly from the referents to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Iran. The comparison group who consisted of patients’ relatives and the staff of the Multiple Sclerosis Society were matched on the basis of age, gender, education, occupation and marital status. The participants completed the Executive Function Questionnaire (Nejati, 2013) and the Self-efficacy Questionnaire (Sherer et al., 1982).The data analyzed using t-test and multivariate analysis of variance. The results indicated that the Multiple Sclerosis patients had lower scores in executive functions and self-efficacy than healthy individuals. The present findings suggest that developing Multiple Sclerosis lead to executive functions and self-efficacy deficiency which demonstrate a need to implement intervention programs for Multiple Sclerosis patients by specialists.