Evaluation of the COVID-19-induced anxiety role in the self-management of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients
Introduction: Patients’ engagement with their own therapeutic process has been reported to be correlated with improved clinical outcomes. A better comprehension of the relationship between self-management in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and adjustable psychological features may help clinici...
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| author | Seyyedeh Tahereh Zolfaghari Seyyed Sina Hejazian Mohammad Hossein Harirchian |
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| description | Introduction: Patients’ engagement with their own therapeutic process has been reported to be correlated with improved clinical outcomes. A better comprehension of the relationship between self-management in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and adjustable psychological features may help clinicians with better solutions for MS patients. We evaluated the role of COVID-19-related anxiety in the self-management of MS patients. Methods: A total number of 153 patients with MS were included in the study. All patients were assessed using three distinct questionnaires including MS Self-Management Scale-Revised (MSSM-R), Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The resulting scores were used to evaluate the study goals. Results: MS patients didn’t have a high level of COVID-19-related anxiety. General anxiety among the patients was higher than the COVID19-related anxiety. No statistically significant correlation was seen between CDAS and MSSM-R scores (P=0.377). The hierarchical multiple regression showed that the BAI score (b=-0.418, P<0.001) together with the gender as the control variable (b=0.227, P=0.0.002) explained about 24% of the variance in the MSSM-R as the dependent variable. The self-management skills among female married MS patients with a job were drastically higher than in single male patients without a job. Patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and lower disability severity had better self-management (P<0.001). Conclusion: Overall, our findings favor that anxiety has a vital role in the self-management skills of patients with MS which can lead to the altered state of an individual’s perceived health condition. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e2fa87a44cf241feba22602ebfa537502025-08-20T02:57:55ZengTabriz University of Medical Sciences PressJournal of Research in Clinical Medicine2717-06162024-06-01121131310.34172/jrcm.34536jrcm-34536Evaluation of the COVID-19-induced anxiety role in the self-management of multiple sclerosis (MS) patientsSeyyedeh Tahereh Zolfaghari0Seyyed Sina Hejazian1Mohammad Hossein Harirchian2Department of Psychology, Shahrood Azad University, Shahrood, IranNeurosciences Research Center (NSRC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranIranian Center of Neurological Research, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIntroduction: Patients’ engagement with their own therapeutic process has been reported to be correlated with improved clinical outcomes. A better comprehension of the relationship between self-management in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and adjustable psychological features may help clinicians with better solutions for MS patients. We evaluated the role of COVID-19-related anxiety in the self-management of MS patients. Methods: A total number of 153 patients with MS were included in the study. All patients were assessed using three distinct questionnaires including MS Self-Management Scale-Revised (MSSM-R), Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The resulting scores were used to evaluate the study goals. Results: MS patients didn’t have a high level of COVID-19-related anxiety. General anxiety among the patients was higher than the COVID19-related anxiety. No statistically significant correlation was seen between CDAS and MSSM-R scores (P=0.377). The hierarchical multiple regression showed that the BAI score (b=-0.418, P<0.001) together with the gender as the control variable (b=0.227, P=0.0.002) explained about 24% of the variance in the MSSM-R as the dependent variable. The self-management skills among female married MS patients with a job were drastically higher than in single male patients without a job. Patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and lower disability severity had better self-management (P<0.001). Conclusion: Overall, our findings favor that anxiety has a vital role in the self-management skills of patients with MS which can lead to the altered state of an individual’s perceived health condition.https://jrcm.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/jrcm-12-13.pdfanxietycovid 19multiple sclerosis (ms)self-management |
| spellingShingle | Seyyedeh Tahereh Zolfaghari Seyyed Sina Hejazian Mohammad Hossein Harirchian Evaluation of the COVID-19-induced anxiety role in the self-management of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine anxiety covid 19 multiple sclerosis (ms) self-management |
| title | Evaluation of the COVID-19-induced anxiety role in the self-management of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients |
| title_full | Evaluation of the COVID-19-induced anxiety role in the self-management of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the COVID-19-induced anxiety role in the self-management of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the COVID-19-induced anxiety role in the self-management of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients |
| title_short | Evaluation of the COVID-19-induced anxiety role in the self-management of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients |
| title_sort | evaluation of the covid 19 induced anxiety role in the self management of multiple sclerosis ms patients |
| topic | anxiety covid 19 multiple sclerosis (ms) self-management |
| url | https://jrcm.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/jrcm-12-13.pdf |
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