Correlations Between Severity of Disease and Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Hamadan
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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:
Background
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic disease. Limitation in the patients independence eventually has a negative impact on their quality of life.Objectives
The aim of this study was to assess the association between the severity of disease and patients quality of life in Hamadan city, western Iran.Methods
In this cross-sectional study, 72 patients with MS were selected using simple sampling in Hamadan, during year 2015. Patients were divided to three groups based on their score of expanded disability status scale (EDSS). expanded disability status scale was classified at three levels of 0 to 3.5, 4.0 to 6.5, and 7.0 to 9.5. Data were collected using the multiple sclerosis quality of life-54 instrument (MSQOL-54). Data was analyzed with analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the SPSS 18 software.Results
Quality of life in three groups of MS patients had a significant difference (P Conclusions
Patients with MS and low EDSS had higher quality of life than other EDSS levels. It is recommended for education and empowerment to be provided to people with middle and high scores in EDSS. Keywords:
Language:
English
Published:
Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care, Volume:7 Issue: 3, Jul 2018
Page:
6
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